​Ai Tanaka has developed a unique painterly practice by transforming the "physical constraints" inherent in Japanese mineral pigments into catalysts for expression. Speaker Adam Takahashi observes that while her paintings initially appear articulated by grid, a closer view reveals a tactile quality akin to ridges in the earth, embedding a sense of natural movement—like the swaying of the wind—within their structural regularity.

Together with Takahashi, who focuses on the "tension between the autonomous behavior of materials and the artist’s agency," this talk will unravel the dynamic relationship between abstract order and organic fluctuation found in Tanaka’s oeuvre. Surveying a range of works from her primary paintings to her drawings, the speakers will engage in a multifaceted discussion on how the physical conditions of art materials impart meaning to a work.

After the talk, art manager Natsu Kashimoto will host a catered food gathering—a chance to connect, share, and reflect with the speakers and fellow guests. We warmly welcome your presence. Please feel free to join us.

Talk

日時：2026年2月28日 16:00〜17:30

会場：SUCHSIZE

料金：入場無料

※先着15名様は椅子席あり（予約不要）

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 アフターパーティー

日時：同日 18:00〜21:00

料金：2000円(フード・ドリンク込み)

ケータリング：柏本奈津 ​

主催：SUCHSIZE　助成：大阪市

Talk

Date: 28 February 2026

Time: ​ 4:00–5:30 PM

Admission: Free

*Seating available for the first 15 guests (no reservation required)

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆

Date: 28 February 2026

Time: ​ 6:00–8:00 PM

Fee: Price: ¥2,000 (Includes food & drinks)

Catering: Natsu Kashimoto

＊First 15 attendees

Organized by: SUCHSIZE Supported by: City of Osaka

AI TANAKA| 田中 藍衣  (b.1992, Aichi, Japan)

愛知県立芸術大学大学院油画・版画領域修了。図示と描画といった似て非なる表現の行き来によって立ち現れるイメージを扱い、自他・制約・実践の関係に視点を向けた絵画を制作している。
近年の主な展覧会は、個展「フロウモーション」2025年（Second 2. / 東京）、個展「共有地」2025年（愛知県立芸術大学サテライトギャラリーSA•KURA / 愛知）、グループ展「霧界 / Unbound」2024年（旧落石無線送信局 / 北海道）、個展「リバース ストリング」2024年（越後妻有里山現代美術館MonET / 新潟）、「VOCA展2023 現代美術の展望ー新しい平面の作家たち」2023年（上野の森美術館 / 東京）などがある。https://www.ai-ta-na-ka.com/

Born in 1992 in Aichi, Japan. She received her M.F.A. from Aichi University of the Arts. Tanaka explores images that emerge through a recursive movement between illustration and drawing—modes of expression she views as similar yet fundamentally distinct. In her work, she foregrounds the complex relationship between constraint, practice, and the dynamics of self and other. Recent exhibitions include ‘Flow Motion’ at Second 2., Tokyo (2025), ‘Communal Ground’ at Aichil University of the Arts Satellite Gallery SA•KURA, Aichi (2025), ‘Mist World / Unbound’ at the Former Ochiishi Radio Station, Hokkaido (2024), ‘Reverse String’ at Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art MonET, Niigata (2024),  and ‘VOCA 2023: The Vision of Contemporary Art - Emerging Artists in Flat Works’ at Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo (2023).

ADAM TAKAHASHI | アダム・タカハシ  (b.1979, Miyagi, Japan)
哲学史家。慶應義塾大学文学部卒業、同大学大学院修士課程修了、オランダ・ラドバウド大学大学院博士課程満期退学（同大学より2017年博士号取得）。東洋大学助教等を経て、現在、関西学院大学文学部准教授。単著『哲学者たちの天球――スコラ自然哲学の形成と展開』（名古屋大学出版会、2022年）。共著『世界哲学史５──中世IIIバロックの哲学』（ちくま新書、2020年）など。

Adam Takahashi is a historian of philosophy specializing in medieval natural philosophy. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the Faculty of Letters at Keio University and pursued doctoral studies at Radboud University in the Netherlands, where he received his Ph.D. in 2017. After serving as Assistant Professor at Toyo University, he is currently Associate Professor in the Faculty of Letters at Kwansei Gakuin University. His publications include The Celestial Spheres of the Philosophers: The Formation and Development of Scholastic Natural Philosophy (Nagoya University Press, 2022). He is also co-author of A Global History of Philosophy, Vol. 5: The Middle Ages III — Baroque Philosophy (Chikuma Shinsho, 2020), among other works.

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