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Hiro Kurata
Gallery Point is pleased to announce "Heroic", a solo exhibition featuring new works by Hiro Kurata, showing from July 4th through July 26th.
Hiro Kurata is an artist who is based in Brooklyn, New York. One of the characteristics that makes his painting unique is the way he renders his figures with some sort of power and movement. The figures looking innocent and strong are often portrayed as a baseball player, heroes from the Greek myths or comical characters from animation works. Kurata spent his childhood going back and forth between the U.S and Japan. The cultural differences between those places have been a natural source for the themes in his paintings. He skillfully digests the gaps between the two countries and expresses it in his work with a sense of cynicism. Depicted in bright pastel colors, the disproportioned figures simultaneously show confidence and sickness. Innocent but frightened by an enemy at the same time, his subjects being covered with macho bodies seem to hide inside extremely weak souls. Thus the heroes Kurata creates give viewers a complex impression within which happiness and nihilistic feeling coexist.
Reception: July 4th (Fri) 19:00-21:00
Hiro Kurata is an artist who is based in Brooklyn, New York. One of the characteristics that makes his painting unique is the way he renders his figures with some sort of power and movement. The figures looking innocent and strong are often portrayed as a baseball player, heroes from the Greek myths or comical characters from animation works. Kurata spent his childhood going back and forth between the U.S and Japan. The cultural differences between those places have been a natural source for the themes in his paintings. He skillfully digests the gaps between the two countries and expresses it in his work with a sense of cynicism. Depicted in bright pastel colors, the disproportioned figures simultaneously show confidence and sickness. Innocent but frightened by an enemy at the same time, his subjects being covered with macho bodies seem to hide inside extremely weak souls. Thus the heroes Kurata creates give viewers a complex impression within which happiness and nihilistic feeling coexist.
Reception: July 4th (Fri) 19:00-21:00
Schedule | Jul 4 (Fri) 2008-Jul 26 (Sat) 2008 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.point-of-view.jp/gallery/event/75hiro_kurata/hiro_kurata_en.html | ||||
| Venue | Point | ||||
| Location | 1F Point, 1-4-7 Ebisunishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0021 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote or Hibiya line, 5 minute walk from Daikanyama Station on Tokyu Toyoko line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5428-5179 | ||||
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