A Book Arts Revolution・AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art

Last updated on 2026-04-15

My impressions after viewing “A Book Arts Revolution,” held at AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art in March 2026.

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Exhibition Overview
Impression
Summary
Reference links

Exhibition Overview

Exhibition Title: A Book Arts Revolution
Dates: March 4th (Wed), 2026 – March 29th (Sun), 2026
Opening Hours: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Location: AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art
Admission: Free

Participating Artists: Saya Irie, Sachiko Kazama, Aiko Miyanaga, Hanako Murakami, Tomoko Yoneda (titles omitted)

This exhibition is organized by the NMWA Japan Committee and is positioned as an official exhibition linked to the “Women to Watch” international program developed by the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), based in Washington, D.C., USA.

The five participating artists were selected based on recommendations from Ms. Yukie Kamiya, Chief Curator of the National Art Center, Tokyo. One Japanese representative will be selected from these five artists in early April 2026, after the conclusion of this exhibition, to participate in the 8th “Women to Watch” exhibition scheduled to be held in the United States in 2027.

The NMWA official website states that Women to Watch 2027 will feature artists from 16 US states, Italy, Japan, South Asia, and the United Kingdom.

Impression: “A collaboration of female artists with books as their theme.”

According to the NMWA, the exhibition title, “A Book Arts Revolution,” is “an exhibition that dynamically explores works of art in the form of books,” and in order to select Japan’s representative, this exhibition features works that use books as their subject matter.

Saya Irie

The exhibition features two types of bird dust series: bird sculptures inspired by illustrations from illustrated encyclopedias, and bird illustrations combined with sculptures.

Sachiko Kazama

Two works from the series “FLOW” are on display, and books and haiku poems are depicted within the artwork.

FLOW（雄島／/誰まつしまぞ）・FLOW (Oshima/Taga Matsushimazo) 2023
FLOW（袖の渡り／涙川）・FLOW (Sode no watari/Namidagawa) 2023

Aiko Miyanaga

The installation, Strata (2018-2019), which uses glass books, is on display.
This is a work I previously saw in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, but due to space limitations, the number of books is reduced.

Hanako Murakami

The exhibition features five works from the Untitled series and “The Turn Over” (2019).

The Untitled series works are accompanied by poems in both Japanese and English, and include recordings of the sound of turning pages. Together with “The Turn Over,” they form an installation.

Tomoko　Yoneda

The exhibition features three works from Yoneda’s representative eyewear series, “Between the Visible and the Invisible” (1998-). The eyeglasses depicted in these works are actually eyeglasses worn by the people depicted.

サルトルの眼鏡『レ・タン・モデルヌ』の編集長サルトルに宛てられたカミュからの書簡を見る(2018)
- Sartre’s glasses – Viewing a letter by Albert Camus addressed to Sartre when he was the director of Les Temos Modernes(2018)
マハトマ・ガンジーの眼鏡『沈黙の日』の最後のノートを見る(2003)
- Gandhi’s Glasses – Viewing a note written on his ‘day of silence’ shortly before his death(2003)
藤田嗣治の眼鏡一日本出国を助けたシャーマン GHQ民政官に送った電報を見る
- Foujita’s Glasses – Viewing a telegram he sent to GHQ officer Sherman who helped him leave Japan(2015)

サルトルの眼鏡『レ・タン・モデルヌ』の編集長サルトルに宛てられたカミュからの書簡を見る

Summary

The quality of the works exhibited by the five mid-career to veteran artists was high and impressive, and the exhibition space, though not particularly large, was well-organized with a balanced arrangement of pieces.

Since the selection criteria are unclear, this might be off the mark, but even the least experienced artists, Irie and Murakami, have about 20 years of experience, while Kazama, Miyanaga, and Yoneda have even longer careers. Among this established group of artists, I think it would have been interesting to see an artist with a slightly shorter career, such as Andy Ayaka Yamamoto, who creates sugar-coated books.

Reference links

国際プログラム「Women to Watch」連動公式展「A Book Arts Revolution」・AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art（表参道ヒルズ本館B2F）
Women to Watch 2027: A Book Arts Revolution・NMWA公式ページ
入江早耶・作家公式ページ
風間サチコ・MUJIN-TO Production アーティストプロフィール
宮永愛子・ミヅマアートギャラリーアーティストプロフィール
村上華子・作家公式ページ
米田知子・ShugoArts アーティストプロフィール
フロイトの眼鏡―ユングのテキストを見るⅡ（「見えるものと見えないもののあいだ」シリーズより）・森美術館収蔵作品記事
山本アンディ彩果・作家公式ページ

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