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Seiya Shinotsuka “Old Days”
Ando Gallery
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Seiya Shinotsuka
Born in Kumamoto in 1970, Shinotsuka graduated from Tama Art University with a Bachelor’s degree in Japanese Painting. He has previously participated in the group exhibition “MOT Annual 2006: No Border” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, in 2006; the “Picnic or Recurrent Migration” at the Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, in 2008; the solo show “Seiya Shinotsuka Grasslands” at Tsunagi Art Museum, Kumamoto, in 2014.
After the exhibition at Tsunagi Art Museum, Shinotsuka travelled around Japan for six months. For this exhibition, he painted images that impressed him during his journey.
He says that as he tried to draw forth these images to convert his memories into paintings, he realized that some of the features were lost and local colors or names –elements that the images normally hold– had been lost. As names such as “stone” or “wood” have fallen away, they have been replaced by images of the things that has happened around him or his own actions. Thus a painting with stone motif became “Step” and a painting with tree motif became “Pollen”. While we appreciate his works, we also unconsciously supplement them with our own memories. As this process is constantly repeated, the painting takes on an organic nature and quietly talks to us when we connect with those of Shinotsuka’s memories that are not drawn on the surface.
This exhibition introduces Shinotsuka’s nineteen latest paintings on 45.5×53cm canvases.
The works’ textures are more delicate than his previous works, and in association with it a sensitive shape has appeared, inviting us to self-reflection and introspection.
After the exhibition at Tsunagi Art Museum, Shinotsuka travelled around Japan for six months. For this exhibition, he painted images that impressed him during his journey.
He says that as he tried to draw forth these images to convert his memories into paintings, he realized that some of the features were lost and local colors or names –elements that the images normally hold– had been lost. As names such as “stone” or “wood” have fallen away, they have been replaced by images of the things that has happened around him or his own actions. Thus a painting with stone motif became “Step” and a painting with tree motif became “Pollen”. While we appreciate his works, we also unconsciously supplement them with our own memories. As this process is constantly repeated, the painting takes on an organic nature and quietly talks to us when we connect with those of Shinotsuka’s memories that are not drawn on the surface.
This exhibition introduces Shinotsuka’s nineteen latest paintings on 45.5×53cm canvases.
The works’ textures are more delicate than his previous works, and in association with it a sensitive shape has appeared, inviting us to self-reflection and introspection.
Schedule | Feb 2 (Tue) 2016-Apr 30 (Sat) 2016 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Feb 2 (Tue) 2016 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Ando Gallery http://www.andogallery.co.jp  | ||||
| Location | 3-3-6 Hirano, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0023 | ||||
| Access | 12 minute walk from exit A3 at Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station on the Hanzomon or Toei Oedo line, 15 minute walk from exit 3 at Kiba Station on the Tozai line, 16 minute walk from exit A4 at Kikukawa Station on the Toei Shinjuku line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5620-2165 | ||||
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