Announcement of the Opening Commemorative Special Exhibition
“Akiko & Masako Takada: Perspectives — Ways of Seeing the World”

To coincide with the opening of the Shiseido Art & Heritage Passage, the special exhibition “Akiko & Masako Takada: Perspectives — Ways of Seeing the World” will be held from Wednesday, January 28 to Sunday, March 15, 2026.
This exhibition is a reconfiguration of the show previously presented at the Shiseido Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo) from Tuesday, August 26 to Sunday, December 7, 2025, where it concluded to great acclaim. For this opening presentation, artists Akiko Takada and Masako Takada have newly reimagined the exhibition in response to the second-floor space of Shiseido Beauty Park.

Inspired by the passage from the I Ching—
“Itareru kana kongen / banbutsu torite shōzu,” ※1
the philosophical origin of Shiseido’s name, the world created by Akiko and Masako Takada—whose hallmark lies in expressions shaped by a unique sensibility that fuses art and science—resonates deeply with Shiseido’s DNA of craftsmanship.
In recognition of this strong affinity, it has been decided that their work will tour as a special opening exhibition.
※1 A phrase praising nature, meaning: “How magnificent is the virtue of the earth; all things are born from it.”

In this exhibition, the artists attempt to visualize space-time—extending through the universe and governed by the laws of nature—by grasping it both macroscopically and microscopically through shifts in scale, while portraying life, its origins, and the history of evolution as layered strata of time.

At the heart of the exhibition is the new work Strata, in which stacks of books are conceived as geological layers. Inspired by the idea that strata are “like history books” inscribed with information about ecosystems and natural environments, approximately 500 books are arranged on bookshelves extending from the second floor of Shiseido Beauty Park up to beneath the third-floor’s floor, with minerals and fossils placed between them. Together, they represent the continuous accumulation of time and knowledge from the birth of life to the Anthropocene.

Another new work, Timepiece, previously presented at the Shiseido Gallery, is composed of sand, stones, and rocks spilling from a shattered hourglass. The piece invites reflection on the concept of time while evoking the continuity of life—or, alternatively, the end of life.

The exhibition also features many works first shown at the Shiseido Gallery, including Can’t See the Forest for the Leaves, which addresses the relationship between the individual and the whole within the laws of nature through fractal forms widely found in the natural world, and Spectrum, which explores light as the source of all life.

Extending from the space of the Shiseido Art & Heritage Passage, which invites visitors to “experience the journey of beauty and knowledge through all five senses,” this exhibition unfolds an expansive world of art. By tracing the continuum of time from the birth of the universe through the evolution of life, and by turning our gaze to the trajectories and accumulations of human activity as well as the complementary relationship between the individual and the whole, the exhibition invites visitors to reconsider and experience anew the world we share with diverse forms of existence.

Through engaging with multiple perspectives—as viewpoints, ways of seeing, and future outlooks—we hope this exhibition will offer an opportunity to discover hope that transcends predicted pessimistic futures, and to reflect on coexistence, symbiosis, and sustainability for humanity as a whole, including the natural world.

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・Opening Hours: 10:00~19:00
・Closed: Mondays, Year-end and New Year holidays
(Closed on Tuesdays when Monday is a national holiday or substitute holiday)