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Atsushi Fukui "The Eyes of the Midnight Sun"
Tomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi
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Atsushi Fukui
This is a solo exhibition of new works by Tokyo-based Atushi Fukui. Fukui was born in 1966 in Aichi Prefecture and graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. This is his third solo exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery, following "Bedroom Paintings" in 2002 and "Teenage Ghosts (and other scary stories)" in 2004.
One of the works on display for this exhibition is titled "arrival gate". Fukui comments that the image is "a distant memory of when we arrived on Earth for the first time". It depicts the Earth bathed in dark light - not the blue Earth as we know it, but a silhouette of it, resembling a solar eclipse.
"Metatron" is a landscape with a large tree standing in a grassy field. It will evoke feelings of familiarity because it looks like something we might have seen when we first came to Earth.
"Botanist" is a painting of an androgynous nude, set to a mythical motif while being so disconnected from tradition that the world of science fiction will spring to mind. The recurring theme of mushrooms is meant to drive our sensations crazy with toxins and hallucinations.
Fukui says, "I wanted to use the power of paintings - a media of recreation that we knew before videos - to express a world that is real because it includes our past history but will never be close to us".
Opening reception: October 21st, 18:00-20:00
["Untitled", 2006]
One of the works on display for this exhibition is titled "arrival gate". Fukui comments that the image is "a distant memory of when we arrived on Earth for the first time". It depicts the Earth bathed in dark light - not the blue Earth as we know it, but a silhouette of it, resembling a solar eclipse.
"Metatron" is a landscape with a large tree standing in a grassy field. It will evoke feelings of familiarity because it looks like something we might have seen when we first came to Earth.
"Botanist" is a painting of an androgynous nude, set to a mythical motif while being so disconnected from tradition that the world of science fiction will spring to mind. The recurring theme of mushrooms is meant to drive our sensations crazy with toxins and hallucinations.
Fukui says, "I wanted to use the power of paintings - a media of recreation that we knew before videos - to express a world that is real because it includes our past history but will never be close to us".
Opening reception: October 21st, 18:00-20:00
["Untitled", 2006]
Schedule | Oct 21 (Sat) 2006-Nov 11 (Sat) 2006 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Tomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/  | ||||
| Location | 2F Complex665, 6-5-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit 1b at Roppongi Station on the Hbiya or Toei Oedo line, 8 minute walk from exit 7 at Azabu-juban Station on the Nanboku or Toei Oedo line, 11 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6434-7225 | ||||
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