Online Gallery "Muda" Specializing in Post-War Art to Open

Shin-Kō Bijutsu Nakao (Company Name: Gōdō Gaisha Three'z, Address: Nishi-ku, Minami-Horie, Osaka City, Representative Member: Yoshie Nakao), which buys and sells artworks, will grand open its online gallery "Muda" on July 1, 2026. "Muda" specializes in Japanese post-war art, which is being re-evaluated globally in recent years. The gallery will also feature a highly specialized original media outlet to communicate the appeal of post-war art and a unique perspective on "things" to both domestic and international audiences.

About "Muda"

"Post-war art" is a general term for art movements and works developed after World War II. After the war, transcending traditional representational expression, diverse avant-garde art emerged that overturned existing concepts, including abstract expression that emphasized vigorous brushwork and materiality. Particularly from the Kansai region, centered around Osaka and Hyogo, many art groups and artists who have gained global attention have emerged. As of 2026, this Japanese post-war art is rapidly being re-evaluated both domestically and internationally. The online gallery "Muda" will not only sell artworks but also serve as a "comprehensive information media for post-war art," disseminating its appeal and historical value through interviews with stakeholders and exhibition reviews.

The Vision of "Muda"

Re-examining post-war art from the origins of Japanese culture. The online gallery "Muda" proposes a new way of looking at "things," using the sensibility nurtured by Japanese culture, such as waka poetry, yūgen, and mono no aware, as a clue.

In today's world where information and meaning are consumed instantaneously, we try to understand everything through explanations and evaluations. However, what Japanese culture has originally cherished was the sensibility to listen to things that cannot be fully grasped by words and to receive their resonance and presence. Waka poetry entrusts inexhaustible lingering emotions within limited words, Zeami's concept of yūgen finds beauty in the presence of the unseen, and "mono no aware" perceives deep emotion in fleeting existence. "Muda" is drawn to post-war art not because it finds a common ideology or style there. Abstract paintings, prints, objects. Facing a single "thing." Color, form, texture, silence. Before seeking meaning, the body reacts first. This experience seems to quietly resonate with the sensibility of Japanese culture that extends from waka poetry.

Today, the words and information surrounding artworks have become abundant. However, perhaps in that abundance, the time to encounter "things" is being lost. "Muda" does not deny meaning or interpretation. We want to cherish the time before that, the time that has not yet been named. To welcome "things" as "things" before understanding them as history or knowledge. To stop, gaze, and receive. And to wait for meaning to quietly emerge within each person. "Things" exist before meaning. Meaning comes later. From waka poetry to post-war art. The online gallery "Muda" proposes a new space that opens up the very gaze at "things" to the present, using the sensibility that flows from the origins of Japanese culture as a clue.

Outline of "Muda"

URL

https://無題.jp/

Email Address

contact@無題.jp

Phone Number

06-6543-0181 (Weekdays 12:00 - 17:00)

Secondhand Dealer's License

Osaka Prefectural Public Safety Commission No. 621070171212