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Art Now Recent Art Events Across Japan Monica Gonzalez (Osaka) & Astrid Estrada Diaz (Okayama)a)
ESPACE LOUIS VUITTON OSAKA Showcases Richter Collection in “Abstrakt” Exhibit by Monica Gonazlez The second exhibition held on the fifth-floor Espace art gallery of Louis Vuitton presents 18 pieces by German artist Gerhard Richter. The exhibit is free of charge and accessible during the store’s opening hours until April 17. You enter via a side entrance off of Midousuji avenue onto Sugalabo and take a direct elevator ride up. Two of the pieces, 940-4 Abstraktes Bild and 941-7 Abstraktes Bild (2015), are being exhibited for the first time. I was intimidated at first because I thought a reservation was required; although we made a reservation with the Louis Vuitton store, it was unnecessary and easy to enter. The space itself is a standard art exhibition space. The walls you first see as you exit the elevator explain some of the missions of the Louis Vuitton group and the history behind the works on display, in both English and Japanese. Beyond the first walls of the exhibition and to the left sit a few monitors and chairs running video footage of plays and musical performances that are also part of the Louis Vuitton art collections. Turn right, and you can see the first Richter works included in this exhibition. 8|
