PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)
PUBLICATION<br> -Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)

PUBLICATION
-Re-editing the Narratives of the Public- (tentative title)

PUBLICAD is the first exhibition to be organized by the Museum of Imaginary Narrative Arts (MINA).
When opening the museum, the first thing we focused on was the museum poster, the most iconic medium for communicating its existence to the world.
The role of posters is broken down into two: "advertising" and "publicity," and through the works of two artists, one graphic artist and one sculptor, the exhibition explores the role that art can play as a "media."

By increasing opportunities for people to come into contact with particular information and perspectives, the media has stimulated interest in social issues and politics, and enriched and transformed culture.
If we think of the city itself as a medium, then Japan, and Shibuya in particular, seems to be filled with advertising. Shibuya is recognized worldwide as a symbolic place where advertising and the city are integrated.

However, in today's society, which is overflowing with information and services, advertisements are mass-produced in a short time and are skipped, making it difficult for them to fulfill their role as something that "attracts people's attention."

MINA regards artworks as "media that will accompany you in your rich life for a long time."
The aim is to create a space where visitors can reconsider and reimagine their own "public" concepts while coming into contact with works that have a different timeline from the rhythm of advertisements that are born, consumed, and forgotten every day in the city.

Information

Period
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - End of June
Artist
Gensho Sugawara, BIEN
Admission
MINA combines a cafe space and a gallery space. While viewing the exhibition, be sure to enjoy MINA's blended coffee and food menu. Please check for more information about events and workshops.
Curation

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Sugawara Masaru

Sugawara Masaru

Taking the form and physicality of modern humans as his theme, he creates figurative sculptures using FRP and water-soluble resin, based on plastics techniques.
In recent years, he has been exploring new possibilities in figurative sculpture through collaboration with stylists, while also expanding his scope of activities, including a residency at a private museum in Bangkok, Thailand. Notable awards he has received include the Encouragement Award at the 2017 Gunma Youth Biennale and the ZOKEI Award at the 2018 Tokyo Zokei University Graduation Works Exhibition.

Instagram@gensho_sugahara

BIEN

BIEN

Born in 1993. Centered on a unique style of drawing influenced by animation, he creates works across media such as video, sculpture, instruction, and installation, which explore the workings of the world as perceived and shared through images, as well as uncontrollable phenomena outside of that world.

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