The "Now" exhibition, featuring twelve leading artists, including fiber artist Tetsuo Kusama and dyer Shuji Asada, is currently being held in the Kyodo Hall of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, a World Heritage Site in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward. Their imposing and generous contemporary art complements the temple's inner sanctuary, delighting visitors.
All members have pioneered unique realms in contemporary art and are active both in Japan and abroad. The exhibition features artists who exhibited at the July 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, with the addition of photographer Fusayoshi Kai.
At the venue, Yoshikazu Shigahara's sculpture rises in response to the dragon on the ceiling, and the energy that radiates from it seems to be transmitted to Kusama's fiber art and Akitoshi Matsubara's photographs. Visitors were also drawn to the oil painting of Kongorikishi by Sakabe Takayoshi and a Japanese painting of a lotus and a turtle interacting with each other by Isobe Shigeki. The exhibition will run until September 30, 2025, and admission is free.
