Written by ART Driven Tokyo
© Isabelle Arthuis / Courtesy of Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
The Hermès Foundation’s “Spektrum Spektrum” exhibition is on view at the Maison Hermès Forum in Ginza, Tokyo, until June 29, 2025. 7 artists have created a novel-like world, using the amplitude and resonance contained in the word “spektrum” as a mirror-like tool.
“Spektrum” at La Verrière in Brussels (May 16-July 27, 2024) is mirrored in a world that is unique to Ginza.
© HV-Studio
Courtesy of the artist and TARO NASU © Tadasu Yamamoto
“Spektrum” is the German word for spectrum. It is a word with a wide range and gradation of meanings: it can refer to the distribution and range of physical phenomena (such as the spectrum used in optics and acoustics), as well as supernatural beings such as ghosts and visions, or metaphorically, a fan.
Emmanuelle Castellan
Emmanuelle Castellan (photo second from the top), who paints figures on canvas using incisive marks to montage-like effect, constructing spaces reminiscent of stage and film sets while drawing inspiration from nouveau roman writers such as Marguerite Duras.
Johannes Nagel
Johannes Nagel (photo third from the top), who works with ceramics, excavates different dimensions in his vases (vessels) characterized by vivid colors, asymmetry, discord, and surfaces that alternate between roughness and smoothness.
Walter Swennen
Walter Swennen’s paintings cast a cryptic codes (photo fourth from the top).
Michiko Tsuda
Michiko Tsuda applies principles of moving images to render spatiotemporal amplitudes visible (photo fifth from the top).
The exhibition also features Kentaro Kawabata‘s objects imbue the concave surfaces of vessels and spoons with erotic illusions while establishing boundaries; Motoyuki Daifu‘s photographs of humorous water ghosts on the street; and works by Marie Laurencin elevates reality to the realm of the decorative sublime in luminous pastel hues. As these works inevitably interact with and reflect one another, the spectrum will reiterate itself, revealing its forms and apparitions.
Exhibition Outline
© Nacása & Partners Inc./ Courtesy of Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Dates: Thursday, March 20, 2025 – Sunday, June 29, 2025
Hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (admission until 18:30)
Closed: Wednesdays
For the latest schedule information, please visit the website.
Free admission
Place: Ginza Maison Hermes Forum 8-9F, 5-4-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-3569-3300
