Has it been eight years? No, ten years since our soft-launch gallery project known as YKG Gallery began in 2015, and eight years since we rebranded as Yutaka Kikutake Gallery in 2017. Over the course of these ten years, we have been guided by unexpected circumstances and blessed by numerous encounters. Although our journey has only just begun, we are proud of the wonderful programming that we have managed to create. To all of our artists, and to all of you who have supported us over the years, we would like to express our sincere gratitude.

To commemorate our 10th anniversary, we will be holding a special summer group exhibition entitled More Passion! at our gallery spaces in both Roppongi and Kyobashi. Concurrent to this exhibition, we will also be publishing a zine entitled Ten Years made in collaboration with our artists. The “ten years” that have brought us all together have been filled not just with artwork, but also philosophy, science, and the rhythms of our daily lives. This 疾駆/chic publication serves as a testament to the ways in which we have endeavored to connect art with the everyday.

For ten years, no, even longer, we have been in the company of a diverse group of compelling artists and artwork. At times, we have experienced a kind of uncertainty, wondering if perhaps we need to bring more passion to our own work. After numerous false starts and a sense that our emotional investment might somehow be lacking, we finally feel able to declare: “More passion!”

Art is something on which human beings can stake their true selves. This is a universal quality that applies to everyone. Our enduring passion and unwavering belief in this quality is something we intend to draw upon to carry out our objectives going forward. Universality does not imply that things always stay the same. Rather, we believe that it represents a constant source of refreshing energy capable of surprising and invigorating those who encounter it. Yutaka Kikutake Gallery is publishing this zine and holding this exhibition not as a monument to ten years of history, but rather as a testament to the invigorating days that have filled our lives over these past ten years.

We will be holding a 10th anniversary summer festival at our Roppongi space on the evening of Saturday, August 2nd. We looking forward to seeing you all there.

■疾駆/chic ZINE vol.2 Ten Years publication information

Publisher: Yutaka Kikutake Gallery Books

Date: August 2, 2025

Price: JPY 1,500. (tax excl.)

Contributors: Yang Bo, Norimichi Hirakawa, Takashi Kunitani, Tomoya Matsuzaki, Reina Mikame, Yuko Mohri, Ryuta Iida, Akio Niisato, Seiichiro Osa, Hiraku Suzuki, Kouichi Tabata, Erika Kobayashi, Yutaka Kikutake

Cover: Yoshitomo Nara

Art Direction: Yoshihisa Tanaka

Design: Minori Nishikura

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■More Passion! Summer Group Exhibition participating artists

Hirofumi Isoya, Seiichiro Osa, Erika Kobayashi, Nanami Saito, Kako Shirahata, Kunie Sugiura, Hiraku Suzuki, Kouichi Tabata, Akio Niisato, Nerhol, Norimichi Hirakawa, Reina Mikame, Futoshi Miyagi, Yuko Mohri, Yuka Mori, Trevor Yeung, Yang Bo