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Satoshi Kawata "A Letter from A Far"
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Satoshi Kawata
Art Court Gallery presents an exhibition by Satoshi Kawata. Kawata has continued to create and exhibit works that question the relationship between space, people, and artistic expression, using murals as the core of his expression. His methods fuse traditional fresco painting techniques using plaster and pigments with contemporary building and design materials. In addition to this fusion of traditional technique and contemporary material, he explores the potential of new forms of expression by divorcing his works from specific walls and spaces while wrestling with the distinctive flow of time born from this disassociation.
The motif in this exhibition is the 'suburban landscape' that characterizes the era in which the artist lives. In these new works, he removes the topmost layer of his fresco images and transfers them onto canvases, a technique usually used for mural restoration. Centering around his canvases approximately 2.5 meters high and 2 meters wide, Kawata creates a unique composition that assesses the relationship between exhibition space, the work, and the human body.
Kawata establishes the connection between these superficial layers of images with no connection to specific walls and the anonymous landscapes found anywhere in the suburban outskirts of cities. His works waver at the interstice of mural and tableau, existing in a temporal space subtly distant from the 'here and now.' To the audience, he presents a somewhere that is not here, some time that is not now, a something that is not this. What kind of scenery will you imagine through Kawata's expression that communicates with 'A Far.'
[Related Event]
Talk Event (in Japanese)
Date: February 26, 14:00-15:30
Guests: Ichiro Okumura (Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama) , Satoshi Kawata
Fee: Free, reservation required (first 20 people)
*Please visit the official website for details and registration.
The motif in this exhibition is the 'suburban landscape' that characterizes the era in which the artist lives. In these new works, he removes the topmost layer of his fresco images and transfers them onto canvases, a technique usually used for mural restoration. Centering around his canvases approximately 2.5 meters high and 2 meters wide, Kawata creates a unique composition that assesses the relationship between exhibition space, the work, and the human body.
Kawata establishes the connection between these superficial layers of images with no connection to specific walls and the anonymous landscapes found anywhere in the suburban outskirts of cities. His works waver at the interstice of mural and tableau, existing in a temporal space subtly distant from the 'here and now.' To the audience, he presents a somewhere that is not here, some time that is not now, a something that is not this. What kind of scenery will you imagine through Kawata's expression that communicates with 'A Far.'
[Related Event]
Talk Event (in Japanese)
Date: February 26, 14:00-15:30
Guests: Ichiro Okumura (Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama) , Satoshi Kawata
Fee: Free, reservation required (first 20 people)
*Please visit the official website for details and registration.
Schedule | Feb 26 (Sat) 2022-Apr 13 (Wed) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | https://www.artcourtgallery.com/eng/exhibitions/12407/ | ||||||
| Venue | Artcourt Gallery https://www.artcourtgallery.com/eng/ | ||||||
| Location | 1F OAP Art Court, 1-8-5 Tenmabashi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0042 | ||||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from the West exit of Sakuranomiya Station on the JR Loop line, 10 minute walk from exit 9 at Minami-morimachi Station on the Tanimachi and Sakaisuji subway lines, 10 minute walk from exit 9 at Osakatenmangu Station on the JR Tozai line | ||||||
| Phone | 06-6354-5444 | ||||||
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