
NANZUKA and Yamamoto Gendai booth in Art Stage Singapore 2012

The combined NANZUKA, Yamamoto Gendai galleries saw a non-stop flow of visitors to their booth.

Hajime Sorayama. ‘Headbangers’ on the right, ‘Sleepers’ on the left, were colourful acrylic pieces

Close up of ‘Headbangers’. The meticulous work, crazy colours and movement made this piece one of my favourites in the exhibition.

Kei Imazu’s ‘Off the walls’ was another instantly eye catching piece.

An installation piece by Muneteru Ujino at Yamamoto Gendai booth provided a steady rhythmic beat that became a ‘soundtrack’ at their booth.
![Keiichi Tanaami's irrepressibly energetic works were on display as well, and here is his '[Superabundant existence]'](http://azito-art.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/art_stage_2012_006.jpg)
Keiichi Tanaami’s irrepressibly energetic works were on display as well, and here is his ‘[Superabundant existence]’

Sakae Ozawa’s haunting dreamscapes on display at the Mori Yu Gallery booth.

Sakae Ozawa’s ‘Silent Phase’

Ozawa’s surreal ‘The world becomes dream, dream becomes world.’

Atsushi Fukui’s ‘the meadow of bunnies’

Close up of ‘the meadow of bunies’, ink on paper

Hideaki Kawashima’s ‘reflesh’ and ‘calm’, from left to right.

Hirohito Nomoto’s Façade and Debris prove that the catastrophe also pervaded the minds of Japanese artists.

Hirohito Nomoto’s Façade is a montage of 20 photos capturing the facades of 20 buildings wrecked in the disaster during his trip to affected areas.

Tiny antique television. Artwork by Hiraki Sawa.

Still of one of the video pieces playing. In this section of the video, sand trickled down on the left hand side of the book shelf.

The 1.18m-tall ‘Qilin’, a mythical Chinese creature here re-interpreted by the artist Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, is both cute and elegant. Real crystal was embedded for eyes, and the artist used opals and other gems for the eyes of his other wooden statues as well.

The Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery booth

‘arenitsuitenomudabanashi-03′ by Japanese artist U-die

Hisaya Taira’s series of seemingly mundane ‘photos’ are revealed to be impressively realistic paintings upon closer inspection, which speak of the artist’s painstaking attention to detail. ‘Escalator#24′

Untitled piece by Tetsutaro Kamatani
text and photo by Hannah Koh
Exhibition Info
Date: Jan 12, 2012 – Jan 15, 2012
Place: Art Stage Singapore at?Marina Bay Sands Exhibition and Convention Centre
Address: 10 Bayfront Avenue. Halls D, E & F, Singapore (show)
44 Club Street, Singapore (office)