A collaborative art exhibition between contemporary pop artist Kosuke Kawamura and Artiri Chiba will be held for a limited time for 3 days from Saturday, September 14th.
*Artiri Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 2, 2024
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A collaborative art exhibition between contemporary pop artist Kosuke Kawamura and Artiri Chiba will be held for a limited time for 3 days from Saturday, September 14th.
*The first collaboration between a professional basketball club belonging to B.LEAGUE has been realized*
* “KOSUKE KAWAMURA for Altiri Chiba” *
■ Period: September 14th (Sat) ~ September 16th (Monday)
■ Venue: HAKO
■ Address: 17-2 Nitta-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture ■ Time: 9/14 (Sat) 18:00-21:00 (by invitation only)
9/15 (Sun) 12:00-19:00 (general admission possible)
9/16 (Monday) 12:00-19:00 (general admission possible)
Artiri Chiba and contemporary pop artists
A collaboration art exhibition with Kosuke Kawamura will be held at HAKO for 3 days from Saturday, September 14th. This is the first collaboration between a professional basketball club belonging to B.LEAGUE.
In this exhibition, artwork created by Kosuke Kawamura based on Altiri Chiba’s club logo, created using neo-silkscreen by Yutaka Itami of 360°GRAPHICS, will be exhibited and sold in limited quantities. We also sell merchandise.
Several of Kosuke Kawamura’s past representative works are also scheduled to be exhibited in the gallery, so please enjoy the worldview created by a professional basketball club and a contemporary pop artist.
All visitors will receive a sticker specially designed by Kosuke Kawamura.
* “KOSUKE KAWAMURA for Altiri Chiba” works/item contents *
■ * ALTIRI CHIBA x KOSUKE KAWAMURA NEO-SILK SCREEN PRINT *
* (giclee print＋silkscreen print), glitter on paper (Autographed)-ED:20-* 55,000 yen (tax included)
*Signed by Kosuke Kawamura
*You cannot choose the edition number.
*This item will only be sold at the exhibition venue.
*Please note that quantities are limited and will end once sold out. Neo Silk Screen 360°GRAPHICS
It is clearly evident that he is actively introducing inks, materials, materials, and artists’ concepts that have not yet been used in the conventional printmaking field, using techniques that he independently developed, and attempting new print expressions. This is the name of the print.
* ■ ALTIRI CHIBA x KOSUKE KAWAMURA COTTON T-SHIRT (2 types) * 10,000 yen (tax included)
* ■ ALTIRI CHIBA x KOSUKE KAWAMURA BANDANA (1 type) *
4,000 yen (tax included)
Kosuke Kawamura:
Artist/graphic designer. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1979. As a collage artist, he collaborates with artists and participates in numerous solo and group exhibitions both domestically and
internationally. His representative works include Katsuhiro Otomo’s first large-scale original art exhibition “Katsuhiro Otomo GENGA Exhibition” (2012)
Main visual production and presentation of collage work “AKIRA ART WALL PROJECT” using AKIRA (2019), solo exhibition “TRY
SOMETHING
BETTER” (2021) etc. Currently, he is active in graphic work for apparel brands, jackets, book bindings, advertising designs, and art direction. Appointed as UT’s creative director in 2021
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kosukekawamura
Altiri Chiba:
A men’s professional basketball club founded on July 1, 2020 with Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture as its hometown and Chiba Port Arena as its home arena. After being promoted to B2 in the first year, they won the East Region in the following season, 2022-23, and won the East Region consecutively in the 2023-24 season with the highest winning percentage in the B League. In the 2024-25 season, which will be the fourth season, they aim to be promoted to B1 and win the B2
championship.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/altirichiba_official/