WORDS Gallery presents a new exhibition #04 EXTRA “Plastic Coast” from October 9^th (Wed) to October 22^nd (Tue), 2024. The gallery is known for its dedication to art and environmental issues, and they will host this exhibition at corner of “GRAND PATIO” on the 1^st floor in Tamagawa Takashimaya, one of the biggest department store chains in Japan.

This exhibition is a follow-up exhibition from the one held in last March, adding a new artist and new artworks. It focuses on how plastic and fishing debris are exacerbating marine pollution, and how they are affecting on the island coast of Japan. The gallery partnered with Tsushima City in Nagasaki Prefecture, one of the most plastic contaminated islands, to provide the current situations that are often unreported and unnoticed. Some of the artists incorporated marine debris provided by Tsushima city for this project.

The new artist participated in this exhibition is Dillon Froelich from Los Angeles, USA, and four others are Keeenue, Hikaru Matsubara, Yufi Yamamoto, and Pimlico Arts Japan. They all have connections to the ocean in their personal lives, which led to their participation in this exhibition. The artworks are available from WORDS Gallery Online Store (https://store.words-gallery.com/) and 10% of the sales will be donated to Tsushima City for the removal of marine debris.

【Date】

October 9^th (Wed) – 22^nd (Tue), 2024
10:00am~8:00 pm

【Place】

Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C / GRAND PATIO, 1F, Main Building
3-17-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-0094

【Artist】

Dillon Froelich

Born in South Florida and based in Los Angeles, Froelich’s paintings abstract the characters from his illustrations while crafting compositions that explore nonlinear narratives influenced by memories, films, archetypes, unfolding global events and evolving cultural phenomena.
Froelich graduated from RISD in 2015 with a BFA in Industrial Design. He is a Background Layout Artist on The Simpsons and is regularly involved in commercial animation and illustration projects with clients such as Disney, Stance, Giphy, Deathwish Skateboards, Office Hours with Tim Heidecker, Vice and Volcom.
https://www.instagram.com/dillon.froelich/

Keeenue

Keeenue is widely known and highly acclaimed for her unique, bold, and colorful artwork that challenges the boundaries between figuration and abstraction. Keeenue’s projects with notable names such as Nike, Facebook, Shake Shack, and Sapporo Beer have further raised her profile.
https://www.instagram.com/keeenue_/

Hikaru Matsubara

Born in 1988. He uses graphical shapes, simple lines and adds a little bit of humor to create images. Previously provided his artworks for adidas, LACOSTE, POPEYE magazine, BEAMS and many others.
https://www.instagram.com/hikaru_matsubara/

Yufi Yamamoto

Yufi Yamamoto is a multi-cultural artist who’s born in Tokyo, Japan. Her pop yet ennui art style comes from her love for the vintage and street surf culture she has been exposed during her 10 years of life in California.
https://www.instagram.com/yufiroofyart/

Pimlico Arts Japan

Born in 1979 and currently based in Hayama, Japan. In 2015 he began creating artworks under the name Pimlico Arts Japan using plastic marine debris found on beaches strongly influenced by Yogan Lehl’s exhibition and artworks.
https://www.instagram.com/pimlicoartsjapan/