Exhibitions
Elein Fleiss
“Disappearing”
It refers to the loss of an old friend very recently, someone that was very important for me, for my relationship to life in general and to poetry and literature. He used to publish magazines that were different from everything else, his fields were more life & politics. He had a big influence on many people in France. He died at 77 years old. His name was Michel Butel.
The title also refers to the world itself, that is disappearing. I am writing these lines in the Black Forest (in Germany), surrounded by green mountains, an astonishing landscape, but 30 km from here there is Fessenheim, a giant power plant, very old, that should have been closed long ago, according to many people this zone can become like Tchernobyl anytime now.
I also live 80 km from a power plant. Last year it had some leaks. Even though I try to live in harmony with the world I always think of the past and our future that I can only see very dark.
In a way I disappeared myself from a certain world, from my previous life and from Paris.
Elein Fleiss
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We are pleased to present “Disappearing”, by Elein Fleiss, a selection of her photographs alongside images and text from her archives.
A free-moving memory is constructed from a web of journals, accounts, and encounters. She recalls the words of her old friend Michel Butel:
“I considered the press/journalism, and I still do – I conceive that it is strange, and with years passing by even more strange, considering what the press became – at the same level of an artwork. I thought and still think that a magazine can be as beautiful as an artwork and be as important, for those who make it as well as those who read it, as art pieces or films…” *
Elein co-founded the magazine Purple, which she edited from the 1990s through the early 2000s, followed by The Purple Journal from 2003 to 2007. Currently living in a country town in the southwest of France, she continues her engagement with writing and photography.
For this exhibition, we are also pleased to announce “Autre Temps”, a collaboration between Elein Fleiss and COSMIC WONDER.
In recent years, Elein has turned her attention to collecting old clothes so an idea was born to have COSMIC WONDER’s Yukinori Maeda and Miyakono Yasuda reconfigure some of the pieces she found.
Sumi is made from the soot from burnt pine
The life of the tree passes into the ink
In Korea, the monk’s robe is dyed with Sumi
An attempt to bind the tree and the clothes with ink
Yukinori Maeda
*A conference at Salon de la Revue (periodical fair), 2007
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Elein Fleiss
Elein Fleiss was born in April 1968 in Boulogne-Billancourt. She now lives in Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val after leaving Paris ten years ago.
Since 1989 she has been organizing exhibitions, publishing magazines, directing some super-8 films, taking lots of photographs, writing texts…
Her photographs have been published in various magazines, in two books (One Star Press and Poetry of Sex), and have been exhibited in Japan as well as at the French Cultural Institutes of Turino and Milano, and, more recently, at the Happy Baby Gallery (Crissier, Switzerland) and at Etxe Nami (Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France).
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Exhibition period:
October 16 － October 25, 2018
“Autre Temps” Performance:
Tuesday, October 16 / 4pm − 5pm
*The collection of “Autre Temps” will be on sale from 5pm on October 16.
*These are all limited items.
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
*Closed: October 15
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Elein Fleiss “Disappearing”
Proposal: Nakako Hayashi (Editor of here and there)
Production: Elein Fleiss, COSMIC WONDER
Cooperation: Nobuhiro Shimura (Contemporary Artist), Stephen Sprott
Organized by COSMIC WONDER
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“A dream vision of mountain village life”
We will take a rest from the village work while the plum blossoms flower
The beauty and strength of the trees and plants as they mature towards harvest
Having finished our preparations, we decide to spend the winter in the house
Wrapped in white koromo – A visionary ancient mountain village life
Silk Kokei koromo, Haori for mountain hiking,
Linen koromo for winter and Sumi-dyed koromo, Feather koromo,
Kahdi hand-spun cotton is grape-dyed workwear
From mountain village life
Koromo emerge from Autumn to Winter
Release Cosmic Wonder
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We are pleased to present “A dream vision of mountain village life” exhibition.
Tapestry of “A dream vision mountain village pattern” patchworked with old hemp and Sumi-dyed ramie, “A dream vision of mountain village life kamikoromo” which was produced for the cover installation of new issue “here and there vol.13 HYACINTH REVOLUTION” will be exhibited.
From New collection:
Khadi fork dress and pants, Silk cotton round sleeves pullover shirt, twisted scarf dress and Haori jacket,
Cashmere knit v-necked sphere sweater and v-necked accessary parts.
Season color are green grapes herbal dyed ancient white, red grapes herbal dyed pink, Sumi-dyed gray, vivid pink, precious Ryukyu indigo grown on Okinawa island etc.
Exhibition period:
September 15 − October 14, 2018
Opening reception:
Saturday, September 15 / 4pm − 6pm
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
*Closed: September 10 − 14
A gathering of Stardust
New light
Lots of stars gathering
Playing the sound of light
Joy of the star pillars spectacle
We are pleased to present “A gathering of Stardust ” by Feminyan and Hoshi-no-bouzu.
The theme is “ Life as a blessing from the universe, each living in harmony with nature, living as a star, spinning the story”
Until that day, the energy and vision received by bringing the date closer can be further enhanced,
Will you let us hear the sound of the story born from there?
On this day, We will perform a primitive performance by art sound unit “Jue and Anoa”.
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Hoshi-no-bouzu
Hoshi-no-bouzu write stories from the star’s voices, while farming in Saku, Nagano Prefecture.
Feminyan
Feminyan uses western astrology, oriental four pillars of destiny and feng shui to understand the resonance
with stars and nature, read through each person’s life drawing.
Jue and Anoa
Art sound unit of MAMIUMU (sound artist) and Yukinori Maeda (Contemporary artist and Founder of Cosmic Wonder).
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Date:
Saturday, August 25, 2018
10am − 12pm
Number of seats:
40 / Reached the fixed number
3,500 JPY (with wildflower tea)
*Please bring rugs and cushions.
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
Temporary closed 1 − 7 August, 14 − 17 August
Japanese handcrafted baskets Part III
Japanese handicrafts made with natural raw materials embody our appreciation, awe and respect for nature.
They also reflect the traditional Japanese satoyama lifestyle in which people live in harmony with nature. (A satoyama is a farming community (sato) on the border of a forest (yama).
The forest is sustainably managed by sato residents as a living resource.)
In satoyama living, the art of handcrafting passes along from generation to generation, producing practical and useful objects that provide insights into a life lived close to nature.
For this exhibition, we sourced handcrafted baskets by visiting craftspeople throughout Japan, from the Akita region in the north to Okinawa in the south.
The rustic beauty of each work is unique and representative of the region where it is crafted.
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Akebi vine circular basket, flat-bottomed basket and basket, Akita Prefecture
Itaya kaede (maple) basket, Akita Prefecture
Wild grapevine basket and document tray, Akita Prefecture
Japanese wingnut tree large basket, document tray and accessories tray, Akita Prefecture
Shinodake and moutain cherry tree basket, Miyagi Prefecture
Japanese bird cherry palm winnow, Niigata Prefecture
Keyaki basket, bathroom basket, Niigata Prefecture
Wild grapevine whetstone basket, Niigata Prefecture
Walnut tree basket, Niigata Prefecture
Akebi vine waisted basket, Niigata Prefecture
Madake fugo, Biwa basket, herb-gathering basket, large basket and bathroom basket, Chiba Prefecture
Medake palm, Chiba Prefecture
Nemagaridake apple basket and vegetable basket, Nagano Prefecture
Hanon bamboo clothes basket and shopping basket, Nagasaki Prefecture
Madake drawing rice basket, Kumamoto Prefecture
Kinchiku and mountain cherry tree winnow, Kagoshima Prefecture
Hedge bamboosa basket, Okinawa Prefecture
Toutsurumodoki harvest basket, Okinawa Prefecture
Shell ginger rope shoulder basket, Okinawa Prefecture
Lamie rope basket, Okinawa Prefecture
etc.
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Exhibition period:
May 19 − June 3, 2018
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
Special event:
To commemorate the opening of the exhibition, Mr. Shinichi Nakagawara will give a demonstration of traditional Akebi vine basketwork on the 19th and 20th of May.
Shigeo Tanaka
Hisui Kashihate
Hakuji Kashihate wrapped in the dew of Hisui.
As a daily ritual that faces our own divinity
Following “The ceramics” of the last year, we are pleased to present Shigeo Tanaka’s “Hisui Kashihate” exhibition at Center for COSMIC WONDER.
He live an old house of 280 years old in Asuka village, Nara Prefecture, maiking from a Hole type kiln “Rikei gama” and “Touen-shiki Takigama”.
We will present “Kashihate” wishes of Shigeo Tanaka’s action on divinity and spirituality.
Exhibition period:
April 28 – May 6 ,2018
*The artist will be attending on April 28 and 29
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
*Closed: April 27
Opening Event
Saryo Biwa”Ryugu Kashihate” of Nao Uekusa opens at Center for COSMIC WONDER only for day.
Date:
Saturday, April 28 / 11:30am, 1:30pm / 3,500 JPY
Number of seats: 4 in each time / Reached the fixed number.
COSMIC WONDER
Yama-Nokoromo and Umi-Hagoromo
The collection is composed of exploration of various Japan and ancient national costume,
combining the construction of modern clothes “Yama-Nokoromo and Umi-Hagoromo”.
The future and past give us their layers light.
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We are pleased to present “Yama-Nokoromo and Umi-Hagoromo” exhibition.
Yama-Nokoromo Linen suits and Hemp Sashiko Koromo, Umi-Hagoromo Four lights koromo and Ryukyu koromo, Jade koromo from Gardenia blue herbal dyed etc.
“Yama-Nokoromo and Umi-Hagoromo” items are now available at the Center for COSMIC WONDER.
Specially-prepared items: Ramie bag, Tanba-fu Haori Jacket and small article
Opening reception:
Saturday, March 24 / 4pm − 6pm
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
*Closed: March 12 − 15
For Spring Festival anniversary
A tea room “Biwa”
New Souls
Brilliant universal sounds
All lights and Souls are crossing to sit around the beautiful fire
- Center for COSMIC WONDER
A tea room “Biwa” of food lover Nao Uekusa opens at Center for COSMIC WONDER only for day on Spring Festival and New moon
Menu:
Sweets plate for Spring Festival anniversary
with Hot Drink
1,600JPY
Date:
Friday, February 16 / 11:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm
Number of seats: 4 in each time / Reached the fixed number.
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
Kaoru Yokoo
A Organic Universe
Even if I repair it
There being the clothes which I want to wear happy
Even if I repair it
The person who made clothes letting you wear it is happy again
Quietly, I do the work that is honor to join the meantime together.
From “Rectification more” Kaoru Yokoo
Exhibition period:
December 16 – December 24, 2017
The artist will be attending on December 16.
We sell cookies of “Yokoo” during this exhibition.
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
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Opening Event
A tea room “Biwa” of food lover Nao Uekusa opens at Center for COSMIC WONDER only for day.
Date:
Saturday, December 16 / 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm, 5:30pm
Number of seats: 4 in each time / Reached the fixed number.
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New Project
“Kibou”
Kaoru Yokoo repair your CW’s clothes.
The first 5 people will be accepted. Reached the fixed number.
Kaoru Yokoo
1979 Born in Tokyo
2005～ Set up atelier in Kichijoji
Active mainly on rectification by handwork such as embroidery or the crochet.
Masaru Kawai
The scent of wood
The Japanese coniferous fragrance has been respected from ancient times by people.
However, in the latest research, the fragrance of the tree has begun to know that it was a communication tool that is words.
Light of the land which grew up, wind, water, soil and relationship with around of trees.
An animals, an insect and the relation with bacteria, it is sublimated to a fragrance.
What does the human being listen to the words with?
I think that it is an opportunity to listen carefully calmly.
Masaru Kawai
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Trees take the communication by a scent each other.
Following “Chairs” of the last year, a new point of view and a new work by the technique.
We hold a tour to follow the trees of forest in Tokyo by the guide Yutaka Miura on November 25.
Exhibition period:
November 25 – December 3, 2017
The artist will be attending on November 25.
*Closed: November 11 − 12, November 24
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
*Open from 12pm on 25th.
Opening reception :
Saturday, November 25 / 4pm − 6pm
“Tour to follow the trees of forest in Tokyo” by the guide Yutaka Miura
Date: Saturday, November 25
9am − 12am / Number of seats: 15
1pm − 4pm / Number of seats: 15
Fee: 2,000yen
Apply in e-mail. Send your name, telephone number to the following address.
Masaru Kawai
1979 Born in Gifu Prefecture, farmer
2007～ Active as wood craft artist
2016 Start from “SOMA” product treating a Japanese conifer
Planning a workshop and fieldwork of connect forest and person.
Yutaka Miura
1977 Born in Kyoto
Graduated from the College of Art, Nihon University.
Active as a guide of the forests in Japan.
2016 “View of tree” was published from Mishima sha.
Update blog “forest forest” three times a week.
COSMIC WONDER
Ryugu Koromo from Genshi-no-Nuno
Photography by Takashi Homma
COSMIC WONDER “Ryugu Koromo from Genshi-no-Nuno” collection event will go on a tour to the following region.
Schedule:
STARDUST, Kyoto 10/14 − 22 *10/14: Public talk & concert
KAGURE, Marunouchi 10/27 − 11/5
PENNY RAIN, Kiryu 10/27 − 11/5
ANTENNE DEUX, Takasaki 10/27 − 11/5
OU, Nagoya 11/15 − 20
EIGHTY 88 EIGHT, Ayagawa 11/23 − 27
ARCHIPELAGO, Sasayama 12/2 − 11
MM BOOKS MINO, Mino 12/9 − 17 *12/9: Public talk
ROYALSKOOL, Hakodate 12/16 − 24
CITE’, Hiroshima 12/22 − 1/8
TAMPA
Yama-Umi trees and grasses
impression traveled across the continent to Japan
the eastern culture flowered and walked a new path in the island
a beautiful sunrise in the land of Tamba
TAMPA a visionary shop by Hakuden, Light and Will, COSMIC WONDER
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Kogei Punks Sha will display Tamba’s trees and grasses on the opening day.
Tamba-fu skirt
Tamba letter paper
Tamba funsei tea bowl
Tamba cray pot
Andong cloth Apron
Trees and grasses pouched bag – Linden, Hemp, Paper
Akebi vine basket
Wild grapevine travel basket
Japanese wingnut document basket
Shinodake and moutain cherry tree basket
Carved Hexagon on the end handle of broad‐leaved tree kitchen knife
Mountain cherry tree lamp shade
Keyaki cheir
Tamba-fu and Shironameshi wallet
Jadoshi and Tamba-fu kamiko
Tamba-fu and Hemp hand bag
Jadoshi tsuno-bukuro
Lamie tabi
Linen koromo for winter
Exhibition period:
October 21 – October 29, 2017
*Closed: October 20
Place:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open 11am – 7pm
Opening reception:
Saturday, October 21, 2017 / 2pm – 5pm
KAMI COSMIC WONDER with Kogei Punks Sha
We are pleased to announce that it will hold the exhibition “Kami” by COSMIC WONDER with Kogei Punks Sha at SHISEIDO GALLERY from Tuesday, August 29 to Sunday, October 22, 2017.
The theme of this current exhibition is “paper” (kami), a material very close to many people’s daily lives. Specifically, it explores the possibilities of hand-crafted Japanese paper (washi) made using only natural materials. To bring forth the deep appeal of such paper, Kogei Punks Sha has focused on “water,” a substance not only basic to life but also indispensable in making washi. They propose the concept of “omizue” (water ceremony), a ritual act inspired by the Japanese tea ceremony and involving the sprinkling of boiled water as an offering of gratitude for the blessings of nature. “Kami” is also a homonym with a Japanese word for “god” or “the divine,” and so the exhibition title carries this meaning as well.
This exhibition features items and craft works prepared for and inspired by the omizue ritual. These include the kamikoromo (paper garments) made by Cosmic Wonder to be worn by the ritual’s host and assistants, earthenware by Naoto Ishii, wooden implements by Masaru Kawai, and washi by Seigi Nishida and Makoto Sasaki. All these were made in the image of the Jomon era, one of the earliest sources of Japanese culture.
This exhibition reconstructs the exhibition “Omizue — Iwamino-Kamito-Mizu” originally shown last year at the Iwami Art Museum in Shimane prefecture, with the addition of new works created by Karatsu papermaker Takeharu Maeda. Taking cues from the very earliest papermaking techniques, Maeda used hemp fibers as the basic raw material, combined with fibers of hamagō (a fragrant beach plant also used as a medicine) to explore new possibilities in paper. Made from such natural materials and produced using ancient handcrafting techniques, such works take on an ancient feel that refines our five senses and calls to mind the peculiarly Japanese sensibility and deep wisdom of “looking at that which can’t be seen.”
Exhibition period:
August 29 – October 22, 2017
Place:
SHISEIDO GALLERY (Admission is Free)
Ginza Shiseido Building B1F, 8-8-3 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (11:00 – 18:00 Sundays and holidays)
Closed: Mondays
Organized by Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Opening reception: Concert of Akio Suzuki (Sound artist) on 29 August
During an exhibition: Talk show with Yukinori Maeda and Sumiko Ishii from Kogei Punks Sha
See the SHISEIDO GALLERY website at for details.