GOCA by Garde is pleased to present its summer group exhibition, “Stand clear of the closing doors, please.” Taking its title from the familiar announcement heard in the New York City subway, the exhibition captures the vivid present as experienced by three Japanese artists living and working in New York. In a world where global borders are increasingly “closing” like doors, the show proposes a renewed opening—of the human spirit and cultural diversity.
At a time when the world is progressively sealed off by geopolitical fragmentation, cultural exclusivity, and restrictions on the flow of people, goods, and capital, this exhibition addresses the unseen “doors” that surround and divide us. Through their distinct practices, Yuya Saito, Hiroshi Masuda, and Shinji Murakami offer a critical perspective from New York—asking what it means to remain open in an age of closure.
