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December 11, 2014
ART | 250 Plants With "Expressive Faces" Gathered for "The Era of Plant Individuality" Exhibition
ART | Qusamura Displays 250 Plants with "Great Character"
"Plants, Too, Have Their Own Era of Individuality" at Qusamura's Pop-Up Shop
An exhibition titled "Qusamura temporary shop at limArt vol.2 - Plants, Too, Have Their Own Era of Individuality -" will be held from Saturday, December 15th to Sunday, January 20th, 2013, at the gallery "limArt" in Ebisu. The exhibition features plants from "Qusamura," a plant shop that proposes a unique aesthetic centered on plants with "great character."
Text by YANAKA Tomomi
Commemorating the Release of the First Photobook: "Unseen Cacti and Succulents"
Qusamura, a plant shop in Hiroshima, is known for treating each unique plant, personally gathered by owner Kohei Oda from his travels both domestically and abroad, as a "one-of-a-kind" piece, presented in vessels that highlight its individual characteristics.
The exhibition "Qusamura temporary shop at limArt vol.2 - Plants, Too, Have Their Own Era of Individuality -" celebrates the upcoming publication in January 2013 of Qusamura's first photobook, "Unseen Cacti and Succulents," which features 81 meticulously selected plants and their detailed descriptions, all chosen with Qusamura's distinct aesthetic sensibility.
© Kotaro Nakatani
The venue will showcase a total of 250 plants, including those featured in the photobook. Among them will be specimens that have become living sculptures through their unique aging process, large plants making their debut, and collaborative works with pots created by eight ceramic artists specifically for Qusamura. Visitors will be able to purchase exhibited items, and the photobook will be available for special advance sale during the exhibition period.
What matters is not whether a plant is "beautifully arranged," but whether it has "great character." This exhibition captures the essence of Qusamura's current vision, which proposes a new value for plants. We hope to encounter a diverse array of plants with strong presences and discover new charms of the plant world that we have yet to perceive.
"Qusamura temporary shop at limArt vol.2 - Plants, Too, Have Their Own Era of Individuality -"
Dates | Saturday, December 15th - Sunday, January 20th, 2013
*Closed on Mondays and from Monday, December 31st to Friday, January 4th. Open on Monday, December 24th.
Hours | 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue | limArt
1F, 2-10-3 Ebisu-minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Tel. 03-3713-8670
Admission | Free
Opening Reception
Date | Saturday, December 15th
Time | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue | limArt
"Unseen Cacti and Succulents"
Details | A5 size, softcover, 96 pages
Price | ¥1,470
Publisher | Futami Shobo
Scheduled for release in January 2013