Visual artist Joshua Vides' first solo exhibition in Japan at Gallery SAI
2022.04.27




Text Yukihisa Takei


Merch in collaboration with WTAPS® and KITH TREATS

The first solo exhibition in Japan by American visual artist Joshua Vides, "Commercial Break", will be held at Gallery SAI in the RAYARD MIYASHITA building in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Joshua Vides is the founder of streetwear brand CLSC, based in California. He is well known in the US street scene. A pair of custom shoes painted directly onto a NIKE AIR FORCE 1 on his social media made him famous as an artist what he is today.

The post has led to the commissioning of works for NBA's LeBron James and Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, collaborations with Supreme and OFF-WHITE, and has recently expanded to collaborations with FENDI, BMW, Ballantine's and New Balance.

He has been also creating art pieces, installations and products, which further enhanced his reputation as an artist, and in this first exhibition in Japan, his colorful works will be shown, evolving from his previous style of black markers on a white background.

The exhibition will comprise all new works, with wall-mounted sculptures presented alongside the canvas works, and limited original merchandise, including T-shirts, rugs and skateboard decks, to accompany the editioned silkscreens and sculptures.

Also, collaboration items with WTAPS®, one of Japan's leading streetwear brands, and an original flavor of cereal ice cream using coffee beans produced by the artist himself will be available in collaboration cups at KITH TREATS in MIYASHITA PARK.

[INFORMATION]

Joshua Vides『COMMERCIAL BREAK 』 
Dates: 29 April - 15 May
Address: SAI 3F RAYARD MIYASHITA PARK South, 6-20-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Opening hours: 11:00 - 20:00 *Open daily during the exhibition dates    

WTAPS®×Joshua Vides  
¥8.800+TAX

KITH TREATS ×Joshua Vides
The JV by Joshua Vides  ¥850+TAX
The Double Coco ¥650+TAX
Dates: 29 April - 2 May
Opening hours: 11:00 - 21:00
Address: RAYARD MIYASHITA PARK North 2F, 6-20-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

[CONTACT]

SAI
TEL :  03-6712-5706
info@saiart.jp 
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