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Keisuke Yamamoto “Clouds at the Center of the Earth”

Shibuya Hikarie 8/ Art gallery
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Artists

Keisuke Yamamoto
Keisuke Yamamoto continues to develop his artistic practice traversing sculpture and painting, the works exhibited here displaying his unique talent within which elements of the natural world such as plants, minerals and climate, and spiritual entities such as the human imagination become interfused with each other, resulting in a mysterious atmosphere. In his paintings imagery appears in ambiguous forms, as abstract elements and the textures and colors of paint are combined: an approach perhaps focusing upon a vision with the quality of things seen in dreams. Further, in Yamamoto’s sculpture in recent years he finds affinities within abandoned objects or junk, and attempts to bring a sense of “existence as things” back to them in the form of coexistence, each piece gaining attention for its indigenous elements.
This is Yamamoto’s first solo exhibition in two years and features mainly his sculptural works created in dialogue with the nature around Mount Rokko, which were exhibited on the mountain in the exhibition “Rokko Meets Art 2016” (Hyogo, Japan), as well as other sculptures and drawings created with inspiration. Yamamoto’s works look like fragments of fantasy at first sight, yet they actually results from the reconstruction of the real world in his attempt to acquire a more authentic understanding, after having objectively analyzed himself. The processes of stimulation from the external world and inner self are merged into each other, by which process the true individuality of the work grows apparent, and the gradations that appear when the fantastic world is connected with the real world attract the attention of viewers. Yamamoto earnestly addresses the nature of the relationship between himself and the world that is always changing according to different situations and thoughts, and has continued in an endeavored process of trial and error to realize his artistic expressions.

Schedule

May 24 (Wed) 2017-Jun 26 (Mon) 2017 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-20:00

Opening Reception May 24 (Wed) 2017 18:00 - 20:00

アーティストトーク:19:00-

FeeFree
VenueShibuya Hikarie 8/ Art gallery
http://www.hikarie.jp/8/en/
Location8F Shibuya Hikarie, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002
AccessDirect walk from exit B5 at Shibuya Station on the Fukutoshin and Hanzomon lines or Tokyu Den-en-toshi line, Direct walk from the 2nd floor passageway of Shibuya Station on the JR or Keio line.
Phone03-6434-1493
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