The word “home” evokes a number of different connotations, including house, family (or group of people who have assembled inside a house), and one’s own town or country. Moreover, the title of this exhibition, Home Sweet Home, has often been used to refer to the beloved place that we call home.
During the “stay-at-home” period of the Covid pandemic at the beginning of the 2020s, we had an opportunity to consider the meaning of home, both in a conscious and unconscious manner. And after the refugee crisis that occurred throughout the world grew even more severe due to a variety of international conflicts and other problems, we were forced to reflect on the nature of a homeland or hometown. What does home mean within the context of the bitter social realities we live in?
In this exhibition, we introduce works by a group of contemporary artists, from both Japan and abroad, who address keywords such as history, memory, identity, the places where we belong, and roles. Through these works, we strive to shed light on the meaning of home (as well as the house and family), the regions that we are a part of, and social changes along with concepts such as universality.

Artists
Maria Farrar
Ishu Han
Umi Ishihara
Yusuke Kamata
Lydia Ourahmane
Kei Takemura
Andro Wekua