This exhibition is the latest instalment of Art to Live, an initiative dedicated to presenting the work of artists with disabilities as an integral part of contemporary art. Held from January 15 to 25 in the Osaka Metro Hommachi Building, ‘Exploring III’ brings together works by nine artists whose practices emerge from lived experience, sensory engagement and deeply personal forms of expression.
Set against the backdrop of an increasingly technology-driven society, the exhibition highlights the irreplaceable value of human perception and how individuals articulate meaning through words, gestures, marks, rhythms and visual forms, as shaped by their environments. Many of the works on view arise from daily routines, family life, encounters with nature and relationships that quietly inform each artist’s creative world. Their expressions, often resistant to fixed form, reveal traces of learning, moments of awareness, and sensitivities attuned to the surrounding world.
Organised around the themes ‘Forms of Learning’, ‘Signs and Awareness’ and ‘Sensing Beings’, the exhibition invites visitors to contemplate the origins of artistic expression and to reconnect with their own latent senses. An accompanying Improvised Music Workshop on January 24, led by composer Jun Suzuki, further extends this emphasis on spontaneous, shared creation.
Through these works and encounters, ‘Exploring III’ offers a thoughtful space to reflect on connection, empathy and the many ways art takes shape through human experience.
Note: The exhibition opens at 1pm on January 15 and closes at 4pm on January 25.
