AAEF Art Center

AAEF Art Center AAEF Art Center, located in Zhujiajiao, Shanghai, is an experimental art base that focuses on the research and sorting out of Asian contemporary art.

展覽現場｜粗布不粗 COTTON CLOTH 「1」くしゃくしゃポン　kusyakusya pon前川強 現場行為表演藝術✨ 展覽名稱｜EXHIBITION TITLE粗布不粗COTTON CLOTH 藝術家| ARTIST前川 強 Tsu...
17/09/2025

展覽現場｜粗布不粗 COTTON CLOTH 「1」
くしゃくしゃポン　kusyakusya pon
前川強 現場行為表演藝術✨

展覽名稱｜EXHIBITION TITLE
粗布不粗
COTTON CLOTH

藝術家| ARTIST
前川 強 Tsuyoshi MAEKAWA

展期｜DURATION
2025.9.13 - 2025.12.15

地址｜ADDRESS
上海市青浦區朱家角鎮酒龍路334弄 銅管厰文化園區8号樓
8 Building, No.334 Jiulong Road, Zhujiajiao Town,Qingpu District,Shanghai,china.

「COTTON CLOTH 粗布不粗」On-site photos of the exhibition （1）くしゃくしゃぽん Kushakusha-Pon Performance art by Tsuyoshi MAEKAWA ...
16/09/2025

「COTTON CLOTH 粗布不粗」
On-site photos of the exhibition （1）

くしゃくしゃぽん Kushakusha-Pon
Performance art by Tsuyoshi MAEKAWA

When the woven textures of Osaka cross the sea and unfurl the pleats of time within the exhibition hall in Zhujiajiao, S...
10/09/2025

When the woven textures of Osaka cross the sea and unfurl the pleats of time within the exhibition hall in Zhujiajiao, Shanghai, Tsuyoshi MAEKAWA’s artistic journey becomes a channel linking the contemporary art scenes of East Asia. As a key second-generation figure of the Gutai movement, Maekawa has woven not only a narrative of innovation in abstract art through the warp and weft of burlap, but also a sustained inquiry into the evolving relationship between material and spirit in modern culture.

Born in Osaka in 1936, Maekawa’s artistic awakening resonated with Japan’s postwar artistic reemergence. When Gutai leader Jiro YOSHIHARA declared in the 1956 Gutai Art Manifesto “Gutai Art confronts the essence of matter,” “emphasizes the body and material,” and “advocating direct, concrete action,” the young Maekawa was already searching for breakthroughs in the coarse texture of burlap. By the late 1950s, he had abandoned the smooth foundations of traditional painting, fastening raw linen directly to the stretcher and letting splashes of paint and visible stitches turn the material itself into the protagonist of the work. This almost “sculptural painting” approach brought forth a spectacle in the art world—transforming cloth from a utilitarian object into a spiritual vessel, and making stitches an expressive force even more potent than brushstrokes.

EXHIBITION THEME
粗布不粗
Cotton Cloth

ARTIST
TsuyoshiMAEKAWA

DURATION
2025.09.13 - 2025.12.15

OPENING TIME
2025.09.13. 15：00ADDRESS

8 Building, No.334 Jiulong Road, Zhujiajiao Town,Qingpu District,Shanghai,china.

Tsuyoshi Maekawa has almost consistently used fabric as his primary medium. At first glance, one might assume that he is...
17/08/2025

Tsuyoshi Maekawa has almost consistently used fabric as his primary medium. At first glance, one might assume that he is a fiber artist or textile artist.
However, unlike flat works created through weaving or dyeing, or three-dimensional pieces exploiting the materiality of cloth, Maekawa’s work resists such categorization—for his art is painting that uses fabric as its medium.
“Do not imitate others.” “Create what has never been done before.” Even now, at the age of 89, Maekawa continues to embody the avant-garde spirit of Gutai in practice. The creative energy he displays commands nothing but genuine admiration and awe.

🎨展覽名稱｜EXHIBITION TITLE
粗布不粗
Cotton Cloth

藝術家｜Artist
前川強
Tsuyoshi Maekawa

🕐展期｜DURATION
2025.09.13 - 2025.10.19
10:00-19:00 closed on Monday

🗺️地址｜ADRESS
上海市青浦区朱家角镇酒龙路334弄 铜管厂文化园区8号楼
Building 8, Tongguan Factory Cultural & Creative Industry Park, Land 334, Jiulong Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai

井口 真吾 Shingo IGUCHI (b.1957)1957 Born in Hiroshima, Japan 1983 Debuted in the comic magazine GARO1984 Published the mang...
17/08/2025

井口 真吾 Shingo IGUCHI (b.1957)

1957 Born in Hiroshima, Japan
1983 Debuted in the comic magazine GARO
1984 Published the manga “Z CHAN”

In 1984, Iguchi launched the “Z PLAN” project, aiming to explore the possibility of characters and virtual worlds. Iguchi takes the world of the little boy “Z CHAN” marked by a magic hat and eyepatch as the main line, and presents a unique world full of philosophical hints and mysteries through comics, picture books, novels, poems, illustrations, paintings, performances, music, etc. While being disturbed by the real world, this world advances in parallel in another space.

After 2000, Shingo Iguchi was mainly active in the field of contemporary art. In addition to publishing picture books, comics, and books, the artist has held solo and group exhibitions as well as cross-border art exchange projects in Japan, Taiwan, China, and the United States. In 2010, he participated in the “Shanghai World Expo Commemorative Prints” exhibition. In 2021, he held a solo exhibition at Akitakata Municipal Yachiyonooka Museum of Art, Hiroshima Prefecture, his hometown.

🎨展覽名稱｜EXHIBITION THEME
動漫與當代藝術的關係性
Anime VS. Contemporary Art

🕐展期｜DURATION
2025.07.26 - 2025.08.31

🗺️地址｜ADRESS
上海市青浦區朱家角鎮酒龍路334弄 銅管廠文化園區8號樓
Building 8, Tongguan Factory Cultural & Creative Industry Park, Land 334, Jiulong Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai

Shina SATO｜佐藤しな（b.1998)Shina SATO (b. 1998, Yokohama) left Keio University’s Faculty of Law in 2021 to pursue illustrati...
05/08/2025

Shina SATO｜佐藤しな（b.1998)

Shina SATO (b. 1998, Yokohama) left Keio University’s Faculty of Law in 2021 to pursue illustration and manga. Featured in ILLUSTRATION 2022, her artistic journey began during a personal hiatus, sparked by an offhand suggestion to draw. Creating initially on her iPhone and sharing on social media, fan encouragement led her to publish seriously. She believes such small interactions saved her and hopes her art can similarly resonate with others.

SATO is renowned for depicting charming girls within mysterious, dreamlike worlds where character and background boundaries blur. Her subjects seem to melt into their surroundings yet radiate a quiet, central presence, capturing fleeting moments of daily life.

Her distinctive process involves meticulously hand-painting everything in a scene – from cosmetics counters to arcade prizes – without tracing, building complex worlds from scratch. Despite the intricate detail, the emotional core remains clear: conveying modern youth’s anxiety, loneliness, and fragile hope.

Drawing on her legal studies for remarkable focus and endurance, SATO constructs immersive worlds with astonishing skill despite dedicating less than a full year to professional art. Her undeniable potential marks her as a compelling emerging talent to watch.

🎨展覽名稱｜EXHIBITION THEME
動漫與當代藝術的關係性
Anime VS. Contemporary Art

🕐展期｜DURATION
2025.07.26 - 2025.08.31

🗺️地址｜ADRESS
上海市青浦區朱家角鎮酒龍路334弄 銅管廠文化園區8號樓
Building 8, Tongguan Factory Cultural & Creative Industry Park, Land 334, Jiulong Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai

Ryo TESHIMA｜手島領 （b.1970）Creative Director / Artistic DirectorBorn in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from the...
05/08/2025

Ryo TESHIMA｜手島領 （b.1970）

Creative Director / Artistic Director
Born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from the Graphic Design Department of Tama Art University.
After working at Hakuhodo Inc., in 2005 he founded the creative agency “Keikō TOKYO”, and in 2006 established the design studio “DESIGN BOY.”
His practice spans advertising and design, as well as art creation, video production, and other creative fields across multiple genres.
Since 2020, he has also pursued music under the name “am8 (エーエム・エイト).”

【Creative Technique】
Ryo TESHIMA employs a unique creative style that blends cutting-edge technology with traditional handcrafted expression. He creates using Apple Vision Pro (AVP), wearing the headset to work on a massive virtual display that shows his artwork at life-size for digital painting. After completing the basic painting and design digitally, the work is printed. He then meticulously adds details by hand onto the finished print. This fusion of digital and manual techniques creates a distinctive retro-futuristicfeel,resulting in works with a warm, tactile quality.

🎨展覽名稱｜EXHIBITION THEME
動漫與當代藝術的關係性
Anime VS. Contemporary Art

🕐展期｜DURATION
2025.07.26 - 2025.08.31

🗺️地址｜ADRESS
上海市青浦區朱家角鎮酒龍路334弄 銅管廠文化園區8號樓
Building 8, Tongguan Factory Cultural & Creative Industry Park, Land 334, Jiulong Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai

廣瀬祥子｜Shoko HIROSEGraduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 20...
05/08/2025

廣瀬祥子｜Shoko HIROSE

Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2018. After graduation, worked as a designer in the gaming industry and is now active in both the fields of contemporary art and
illustration.

Her creative concept explores ”unique methods of pictorial expression in an age where the boundaries between digital and physical are increasingly blurred.“ She mainly creates artworks digitally, prints them out, and then hand-paints over them using a combination of techniques to produce multi-layered compositions.

Under the name ”ひろせ (HIROSE),“ she is also active as an illustrator. Her wide-ranging illustration work includes collaborations with domestic and international games, light novels, and popular titles such as Hatsune Miku. She is currently one of the most notable rising talents in the illustration and art scenes.

#🎨展覽名稱｜EXHIBITION THEME
動漫與當代藝術的關係性Anime VS. Contemporary Art

🕐展期｜DURATION
2025.07.26 - 2025.08.31

🗺️地址｜ADRESS
上海市青浦區朱家角鎮酒龍路334弄 銅管廠文化園區8號樓
Building 8, Tongguan Factory Cultural & Creative Industry Park, Land 334, Jiulong Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai

Anime VS. Contemporary ArtDuration: Saturday, July 26 - Sunday, August 31, 2025 Opening: Saturday, July 26 | 4 - 7 PMLoc...
01/08/2025

Anime VS. Contemporary Art

Duration: Saturday, July 26 - Sunday, August 31, 2025
Opening: Saturday, July 26 | 4 - 7 PM
Location: AAEF ART CENTER
Co-sponsored by Tagboat
Curator: Qianhui MAO, Kenji TOKUMITSU
Producer: Shun

This summer, the AAEF Art Center will present the exhibition The Relationship Between Anime and Contemporary Art, featuring works by ten contemporary Japanese artists: Shoko HIROSE, Eito, Ryo TESHIMA , Shingo IGUCHI, Shina SATO, , , Mirai MIZUE, Haruosaki, and KURASAWA. The exhibition showcases more than 70 works across painting, installation, and animated video, exploring how elements of manga, anime, and other subcultural forms are transformed into a contemporary artistic language, continually shaping visual expression and social engagement.

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The exhibition The Origin of Mono-ha: Focusing on “Phase—Mother Earth“”by Nobuo SEKINE and Susumu KOSHIMIZU will be exte...
11/05/2025

The exhibition The Origin of Mono-ha: Focusing on “Phase—Mother Earth“”by Nobuo SEKINE and Susumu KOSHIMIZU will be extended from its original closing date June 8, 2025, to July 13, 2025.

Welcome to visit the exhibition during this period.

“The Origins of Mono-ha: Focusing on Phase–Mother Earth”2nd International Symposium25.04.2025 10AMOrganizer | AAEF Art C...
20/04/2025

“The Origins of Mono-ha: Focusing on Phase–Mother Earth”
2nd International Symposium

25.04.2025 10AM

Organizer | AAEF Art Center、ART OBSERVATION
Producer | Shun
Symposium Host | ZHU Qi

DISCUSSION TOPICS

· The Origins of Mono-ha and the Context of Postwar Art
Guest speaker：Shigeo CHIBA、PAN Li、ZHU Qi

·The Relationship Between Mono-ha, Space, and Zen, and Their Treatment
Guest speaker：Tcheon-Nahm PARK、GUAN Huaibin、JIANG Lijuan

·Post Mono-ha and Its Inspiration for Chinese Art
Guest speaker：SUI Jianguo、WAN Wenbiao、GUO Hanli

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中国上海市青浦区酒龙路 334弄铜管厂文化创意产业园8号楼
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