Kiyosumishirakawa

Kiyosumishirakawa

A few days ago a friend took me to see some galleries in the Kiyosumishirakawa area of downtown Tokyo.

cement factory

industrial unit

Tucked in between a cement factory and a taxi ranch, is a building that houses a dispatch warehouse, a lighting manufacturer and, oh, 3 floors of commercial galleries!

3 floors of galleries

After finding your way past the palettes to the industrially sized lift, you come out in a slightly different world of pristine white cubes! (ie the type of place you’re blatantly not going to be allowed to take any photos…)

pallettes

white cubes

There was a real mix of contemporary artists being represented: Japanese, international, emerging and more established. We even came across a Damien Hurst in one of the galleries!

entrance

Other than the complete serendipity of walking out of the lift, I think the nicest touch for me was the little reception desk just inside the entrance that just sort of pulled the whole thing together.

www.tomiokoyamagallery.com
www.shugoarts.com
www.zenshi.com
www.takaishiigallery.com
 www.hiromiyoshii.com

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