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Chifu Onishi "Inside the Human Forest"
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Chifu Onishi
Chifu Onishi is the youngest artist to receive the Taro Okamoto Award, which honors the next generation of artists who follow in the footsteps of Taro Okamoto. Onishi attracted attention with an installation of 60 paintings titled "Requicolos," a term coined by combining the words "requiem" and "coronavirus."
This show focuses on works painted in the last six months Onishi was a student at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. The first half will feature the Taro Okamoto Award-winning work "Requicolos" while the second half, starting July 21 (Thursday), will present "Day Painting" and "Night Painting" from the new suite "Myth of Today" paying homage to Okamoto's "The Myth of Tomorrow.” “Day Painting" depicts a paradise complete with truth, goodness, and beauty, while "Night Painting" envisions the opposite world, in which life and spirits are tossed around by a giant weapon.
Another highlight of the second half of the show is "Part 1 – Eros" and "Part 2 – Thanatos" from "Love in the Forest.” Hanging from the ceiling in the center of the venue, these works will be exhibited as they first were at Tokyo University of the Arts. By viewing works from throughout Onishi’s career from high school to university, visitors will be able to appreciate the evolution in painting style, which the artist says "changed considerably when I came from Osaka to Tokyo.”
This show focuses on works painted in the last six months Onishi was a student at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. The first half will feature the Taro Okamoto Award-winning work "Requicolos" while the second half, starting July 21 (Thursday), will present "Day Painting" and "Night Painting" from the new suite "Myth of Today" paying homage to Okamoto's "The Myth of Tomorrow.” “Day Painting" depicts a paradise complete with truth, goodness, and beauty, while "Night Painting" envisions the opposite world, in which life and spirits are tossed around by a giant weapon.
Another highlight of the second half of the show is "Part 1 – Eros" and "Part 2 – Thanatos" from "Love in the Forest.” Hanging from the ceiling in the center of the venue, these works will be exhibited as they first were at Tokyo University of the Arts. By viewing works from throughout Onishi’s career from high school to university, visitors will be able to appreciate the evolution in painting style, which the artist says "changed considerably when I came from Osaka to Tokyo.”
Schedule | Jul 16 (Sat) 2022-Jul 27 (Wed) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://store.tsite.jp/ginza/event/art/27627-1125010705.html | ||||
| Venue | Ginza Tsutaya Books https://store.tsite.jp/ginza/english/ | ||||
| Location | Ginza Six 6F, 6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 | ||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit A3 at Ginza Station on the Ginza, Marunouchi and Hibiya lines. 3 minute walk from exit A1 at Higashi-ginza Station on the Toei Asakusa or Hibiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3575ｰ7755 | ||||
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