For Ginza Curator’s Room #003, curator Martin Germann presents Belgian artist Kasper Bosmans (b. 1990, Lommel) in his first exhibition in Japan. Bosmans is acclaimed for blending myth, craft, and vernacular traditions to question how “fine arts” emerged from and often overshadowed applied arts. His practice resembles archaeology, unearthing forgotten stories and queering dominant art histories by linking art to anthropology, history, ecology, and indigenous knowledge—all as tools for reimagining the future.

At Ginza, Bosmans reinterprets the sales exhibition format through Beyond Fish, focusing on carp imagery—a potent symbol in Chinese and Japanese art, representing will and vitality. The show merges mythic, ecological, and commercial layers in a dynamic, site-specific presentation.

Central to Bosmans’ work are his “Legend” paintings, an ongoing series of small wooden panels begun in 2013. Serving as visual notebooks rather than wall texts, they synthesize heraldry, digital iconography, and fragments of history into tactile, portable reflections on learning and meaning-making. His new Legend pieces examine traditional fish painting techniques, drawing on historical practices and Chinese artist Fan Anren’s 13th-century depictions of carp, emphasizing how artistic traditions evolve from practical constraints.

Also featured are glass sculptures created with Japanese materials, inspired by Bosmans’ native Kempense region—a former smuggling area now fragmented by urbanization. Depicting “wolf corridors” that allow animal movement, these sculptures metaphorically express Bosmans’ artistic pursuit: opening hidden pathways through history to forge new cultural and social connections.