Chiharu Nishizawa “For beautiful human life” Opening
The opening of Nishizawa Chiharu’s solo exhibition at Tokyo Gallery was full of people, milling around like the figures in his paintings. The centrepiece is a Steinway piano that he painted, and pianist Ryuji Osaki played away all evening.
The evening started with the lights dimmed and Ryuji Osaki playing on Nishizawa's pianoPhoto: ARTokyo Gallery director Hozu Yamamoto talking with Alec Weil from Steinway & Sons JapanPhoto: ARTokyo Gallery director Yukihito Tabata with art critic Toshiaki MinemuraPhoto: ARChiharu NishizawaPhoto: ARNishizawa's paintings reflected in the pianoPhoto: ARClose up of 'Birds - a' (2006)
Detail of the design on the piano, titled 'Sound of River' (2007)Photo: ARDetail of the design of the pianoPhoto: ARFrom the Art Fair Tokyo committee: Mai Takeshima, Shunsuke Miyakoshi and Mariko TakanoPhoto: ARArtist Hiroyuki MatsuuraPhoto: ARArtist Yohei WatanabePhoto: AR
A guest having a moment alone with Nishizawa's 'Dreamy farm - c' (2007)