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The Peripatos Open Gallery was inaugurated in March 2013 at the Suzukakedai Campus. The Gallery has two exhibition areas: an indoor area for paintings and an outdoor area for sculptures. The Gallery offers relaxation and peace of mind, inducing students, staff and visitors to return to see future exhibitions.
The artists are students and graduates of Joshibi University of Art and Design (Joshibi). Tokyo Tech's Interdisciplinary School of Science and Engineering and Joshibi's Graduate School of Art and Design are under a cooperation agreement to enhance their educational and research activities. Through this agreement, both universities are able to extend their academic reach beyond their respective bounds of the sciences and humanities.
Artworks displayed in 2013 were mainly those of graduates of the class of 2012. This year, paintings and sculptures by new graduates have arrived at the Suzukakedai Campus. The paintings were selected from about 250 paintings by Joshibi graduates displayed at the Joint Graduation Exhibition of Five Art Universities in Tokyo. The exhibition was held at the National Art Center, Tokyo from February 20 to March 2, 2014.
The outdoor area, where sculptures are displayed, was intentionally designed to catch the attention of students, staff and visitors as they stroll through the Suzukakedai Campus grounds. Walking around the lush campus with the sculptures is like visiting a small exhibition, where fatigue from study and research seems to vanish.
Outdoor display and buildings of the Suzukakedai Campus
Enjoy the art as you stroll through the campus
Sculptures are displayed in various places of the spacious Suzukakedai Campus. Be sure to look around the campus and enjoy the works of art.
Sculptures displayed outside
Most paintings are displayed in the connecting corridor on the 3rd floor between J2 and J3 Buildings. The space feels like a small museum.
One of the new paintings displayed in 2014 is Eternal bloom by Yuika Takeuchi, which won the Peripatos Open Gallery President's Award.
Connecting corridor between J2 and J3 Buildings
Award-winning Eternal bloom and then-President Mishima
Ms. Takeuchi's comments on her work and future plans
I am fascinated by the various expressions that plants show and have been trying to depict them in my works. When I saw the flowers of trumpet creepers blooming on hanging vines as though they were showering down from the sky, I felt the urge to capture that sight.
I would like to encounter as many beautiful things as possible in this interwoven world, and express their beauty and mystery in my works.
Path by Makiko Yamamoto, which received the Peripatos Open Gallery Institute Libraries Director's Award, is exhibited in the Suzukakedai Library.
Makiko Yamamoto and her award-winning work, Path
Ms. Yamamoto's comments on her work and future plans
I am interested in landscapes that suggest the presence of people. Drawing inspiration from my hometown of Chiba, I paint landscapes that subtly suggest human presence without actually depicting people. In this work, Path, I used glowing colors to depict a hazy morning. I hope to keep painting.
I would like to continue painting various landscapes inspired by the scenery of Chiba.
The name of the Gallery comes from the campus improvement plan, Peripatos no Kento 21, which aims to establish the Suzukakedai Campus as a world-class research center. Peripatos, referencing the colonnades, or peripatoi, in the Lyceum where Aristotle and his students met, became the name of Aristotle's school of philosophy, and his followers were known as peripatetics. "Peripatetic" also refers to wandering or walking about. It is said that Aristotle lectured while walking, and thus Aristotle's school is often referred to as the Peripatetic school.
Kai Ohashi
Summer
Oil on canvas, 1620 mm × 1300 mm
Peripatos Open Gallery, J2 and J3 Buildings
Yurika Suzuki
Snowy hometown
Oil on canvas, 1620 mm × 2275 mm
Peripatos Open Gallery, J2 and J3 Buildings
Makiko Yamamoto
Path
Oil on canvas, 1620 mm × 1120 mm
2nd Floor, Suzukakedai Library
Shiori Kagawa
Flow
Mineral pigment, pencil, colored pencil and pastel on cloth, 2273 mm × 1818 mm
Peripatos Open Gallery, J2 and J3 Buildings
Erika Kato
Agglomeration
Color on Japanese paper, 1820 mm × 2330 mm
Peripatos Open Gallery, J2 and J3 Buildings
Ayako Nishikata
Nimbus
Color on Japanese paper, 2273 mm × 1620 mm
Peripatos Open Gallery, J2 and J3 Buildings
Mitsuki Watanabe
Stars hanging from the sky
Color on Japanese paper, 2273 mm × 1818 mm
Peripatos Open Gallery, J2 and J3 Buildings
Mitsuki Watanabe
Kiss to twinkle
Color on Japanese paper, 1455 mm × 1120 mm
Entrance of G2 Building
Saori Sekiguchi
Melting shore
Color on Japanese paper, 1940 mm × 2910 mm
Peripatos Open Gallery, J2 and J3 Buildings
Yuika Takeuchi
Eternal bloom
Color on Japanese paper, 2590 mm × 1940 mm
Peripatos Open Gallery, J2 and J3 Buildings
Ruka Fujii
variable mass
White granite, 750 mm×1500 mm × 800 mm
Near Suzukake Hall
Ruka Fujii
variable pieces
Yellow onyx, 350 mm × 350 mm × 350 mm, 10 pieces
Near R2-Annex B
Ruka Fujii
KIKI
White granite, 1200 kg, 900 mm × 900 mm × 650 mm
Near the pond
Yuko Kurihara
Thunderous sky
Black granite, 1000 kg, 1600 mm × 1000 mm × 400 mm
Near the pond
Yuko Kurihara
Earth tone
White granite, 1200 kg, 1700 mm × 1300 mm × 750 mm
Near B1 Building
Ayano Iwasaki
7 a.m.
Black granite, 2000 kg, 1450 mm × 900 mm × 750 mm
Near S7 Building
Hiroko Amano
standing
White granite, 700 kg, 2500 mm × 700 mm × 900 mm
Near R3-Annex A
Nozomi Shigeeda
White R
White granite, 1500 kg, 2100 mm × 850 mm × 2100 mm
Near S3 Building
Maiko Tsunamoto
Time for R
Red granite, 1600 kg, 900 mm × 900 mm × 1050 mm
Near the pond
Kaoru Kuroiwa
Pooh
White granite, 1200 kg, 1000 mm × 850 mm × 850 mm
Near Suzukake street
Tomoko Suzuki
home
Black granite, 1200 kg, 1600 mm × 750 mm × 750 mm
Near S6 Building
Yumie Watabe
cocoon
Komatsu stone (andesite), 1200 kg, 1050 mm × 900 mm × 750 mm
Near G4 Building
Airi Yamada
tension
Komatsu stone (andesite), 800 kg, 1750 mm × 1100 mm × 230 mm
Near H1 Building
Peripatos Open Gallery
A joint project with Joshibi University of Art and Design
Indoor display: Connecting corridor between J2 and J3 Buildings, 3rd Floor
Open: Weekdays 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and other days designated by Tokyo Tech
Outdoor display: Suzukakedai Campus grounds
As of August 2014
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Published: August 2014
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