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Kohtaro Abe “Complete Natural Color”
Nanzuka Underground
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Kohtaro Abe
Born in 1988 in Oita Prefecture in the south of Japan, Kohtaro Abe is a young artist who has been living and working in Tokyo since completing his MFA at Musashino Art University in 2015. Abe creates works using natural materials such as spices, flour, and dried fruits that usually serve as ingredients in food. Although Abe has continued to create works using this particular method since his late teens, while a student at preparatory school, the roots of this practice lie in his family trade of aquaculture, where he observed fish being given feed made of natural food coloring as a means to improve their coloring.
Aside from presenting his works at university, Abe has not held any solo shows thus far. He has experienced numerous failures and setbacks on route to completing the works introduced here, at times his pieces being spoiled by mold or decay, and even devoured by mice. His production approach includes the mixing of raw materials in order to achieve durable works of art, this requiring repeated experimentation before arriving at an optimal means of drying and fixing the materials to the support medium. This method is uncanny and unique, somewhat comparable to the practices of a scientist.
Approximately six works on canvas will be showcased here.
Aside from presenting his works at university, Abe has not held any solo shows thus far. He has experienced numerous failures and setbacks on route to completing the works introduced here, at times his pieces being spoiled by mold or decay, and even devoured by mice. His production approach includes the mixing of raw materials in order to achieve durable works of art, this requiring repeated experimentation before arriving at an optimal means of drying and fixing the materials to the support medium. This method is uncanny and unique, somewhat comparable to the practices of a scientist.
Approximately six works on canvas will be showcased here.
Schedule | Sep 9 (Sat) 2017-Oct 7 (Sat) 2017 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Sep 9 (Sat) 2017 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | http://nug.jp/en/exhibition/2017kohtaroAbe.html | ||||||
| Venue | Nanzuka Underground http://www.nug.jp | ||||||
| Location | 3-30-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 | ||||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from exit 5 at Meiji-jingumae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines, 10 minute walk from the Takeshita exit of Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-5422-3877 | ||||||
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