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Yuya Hashizume "Eyewater - Everybody Feels the Same"
Yutaka Kikutake Gallery
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Yuya Hashizume
The exhibition marks the artist’s second solo presentation with the gallery, and will feature a selection of seven new paintings.
“Eyewater” is a series that Yuya Hashizume has worked on from early on in artistic practice, which has continued to develop and deepen in expression over the years. The series of portraits depicts the moment when a single tear falls from the eyes of his subjects who are painted against a single-color background.
As Japan entered its period of high economic growth in the wake of postwar reconstruction efforts following WWII, everyday life flourished, and people began to variously envision and contemplate what the future ahead may look like. Hashizume’s teary-eyed portraits, while referencing the methods and styles by which the manga works of the time were depicted as well as the future that their stories had imagined, question whether there indeed exists a future that no one can imagine in today’s world where it is technically possible to envision the future with more ease, and if so, what kind of narratives may unfold.
Drawing ties to themes such as life, conflict, peace, and the natural environment, the new work featured in this exhibition, presents various issues that must be considered and discussed in light of our current times in ways more directly than ever before. While the subjects in the “eyewater” series had until now often been depicted in profile or turned slightly to the side, in the new works the figures face the front as if to directly confront the viewer. The exhibition’s subtitle, “everybody feels the same,” appears to correspond with this air of definitiveness and clarity, yet what exactly does the word “same” refer to in this context? Today’s world finds itself constantly changing in ways that “deviate from conventions of the ideal” as diverse values continue to be taken up for discussion. Through his work, the artist appears to pose questions to the viewers, encouraging them to think about the nature of each individual’s emotions in the midst of such circumstances, as well as what people feel, and the extent of those feelings.
“Eyewater” is a series that Yuya Hashizume has worked on from early on in artistic practice, which has continued to develop and deepen in expression over the years. The series of portraits depicts the moment when a single tear falls from the eyes of his subjects who are painted against a single-color background.
As Japan entered its period of high economic growth in the wake of postwar reconstruction efforts following WWII, everyday life flourished, and people began to variously envision and contemplate what the future ahead may look like. Hashizume’s teary-eyed portraits, while referencing the methods and styles by which the manga works of the time were depicted as well as the future that their stories had imagined, question whether there indeed exists a future that no one can imagine in today’s world where it is technically possible to envision the future with more ease, and if so, what kind of narratives may unfold.
Drawing ties to themes such as life, conflict, peace, and the natural environment, the new work featured in this exhibition, presents various issues that must be considered and discussed in light of our current times in ways more directly than ever before. While the subjects in the “eyewater” series had until now often been depicted in profile or turned slightly to the side, in the new works the figures face the front as if to directly confront the viewer. The exhibition’s subtitle, “everybody feels the same,” appears to correspond with this air of definitiveness and clarity, yet what exactly does the word “same” refer to in this context? Today’s world finds itself constantly changing in ways that “deviate from conventions of the ideal” as diverse values continue to be taken up for discussion. Through his work, the artist appears to pose questions to the viewers, encouraging them to think about the nature of each individual’s emotions in the midst of such circumstances, as well as what people feel, and the extent of those feelings.
Schedule | Aug 20 (Sat) 2022-Sep 17 (Sat) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.ykggallery.com/exhibitions/yuyahashizume_eyewater-everybodyfeelsthesame/ | ||||
| Venue | Yutaka Kikutake Gallery http://www.ykggallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 2F Piramide Bldg., 6-6-9 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 1a or 1b at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya or Toei Oedo line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6447-0500 | ||||
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