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Ryo Hirano
“Emerging from the Void” brings together for the first time since 2000 an intimate selection of twenty works on canvas and paper executed between the 1970s and 1990, representing Hirano’s concise and mature approach to abstraction. Born in 1927 in Oita, Ryo Hirano was a self-taught Japanese artist who entered the art scene in the late 1950s and continued to produce work until his death in 1992. Little-known outside his home country, his body of work consists of drawings and paintings on the themes of the human figure and landscape, depicted in an expressive abstract style. During his lifetime, Hirano distanced himself from the capital, working in the suburbs of Kitakyushu in the western part of Japan. As if responding to the chaos of the postwar era, void and darkness lie at the inception of Hirano’s work.
While deeply rooted in the psychological landscape of postwar Japanese society, Hirano’s work evolved in ebb and flow with the wider context of twentieth-century figurative art, with the influence of Alberto Giacometti, in particular, becoming evident in the early 1970s. Hirano’s expressive brushstrokes reflect the artist’s persistent fascination with humanity, its anxieties and alienation, revealing the often-overlooked diversity of painterly expression within Japanese postwar art history.
While deeply rooted in the psychological landscape of postwar Japanese society, Hirano’s work evolved in ebb and flow with the wider context of twentieth-century figurative art, with the influence of Alberto Giacometti, in particular, becoming evident in the early 1970s. Hirano’s expressive brushstrokes reflect the artist’s persistent fascination with humanity, its anxieties and alienation, revealing the often-overlooked diversity of painterly expression within Japanese postwar art history.
Schedule | Jan 19 (Sat) 2019-Feb 23 (Sat) 2019 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.sakuradofinearts.com/exhibitions_en/812/ | ||||
| Venue | MAKI https://www.makigallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 4-11-11 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 | ||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit A2 at Omotesando Station on the Ginza, Hanzomon and Chiyoda lines. 6 minute walk from exit 5 at Meiji-jingumae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6434-7705 | ||||
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