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Keiki Yamada + Atuski Fujimoto "Year in Pictures: Guess the Month of the Year?"
ANA InterContinental Tokyo
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Keiki Yamada, Atuski Fujimoto
ARTPLAT ("Art Platform Tokyo") proudly presents a two-person exhibition, "Year in Pictures: Guess the Month of the Year?" featuring Keiki Yamada and Atuski Fujimoto.
Keiki Yamada left Tokyo, where he had lived since his days in college, and moved back to his hometown in Hokkaido 5 years ago. The technique he uses in his work is tempera, a medium often used during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, created by mixing eggs and pigments. He claims that, just like in Europe, there is something about Hokkaido that provides "a good fit" for this classical medium, which is often described as "troublesome" and "fickle" due to its quick-drying nature.
He paints "episodes" in his life. Enticing food and mundane everyday objects that sit in the center of the canvas are the snapshots that remain in his mind. At first glance, his background resembles the background rendered in Rembrandt's portrait paintings. One can't help but suspect that it might be this large space surrounding the motif that he wanted to depict. Yamada never paints the background merely to accentuate the motif. Instead, by generously leaving the space, he wants to recreate the ambiance of days gone by such as the noises he heard, the smells in the air, and the textures he still remembers when he touched the object.
Meanwhile, Atsuki Fujimoto who has been working in Kyoto says, "What I want to create is the rustling of the forest, the blowing of the wind, the sunlight that hits my eyes, and the sensation that all of those things bring about." When seen up close, the canvas is roughly torn here and there, the untreated fibers revealed, and the hand-dyed fabrics peeking out or being pulled out from the canvas. Beautiful colors are rendered and layered on the torn canvas, representing flowers and plants.
His work is reminiscent of the American woman painter Joan Mitchell. Both painters depict nature in a "semi-abstract" manner. While Mitchell uses heavy and striking brushstrokes, Fujimoto adopts a more direct and perhaps more violent approach by tearing the canvas. When viewed up close, his motifs, the flowers, are easily identifiable; when viewed from a distance, they appear to be more abstract with the beautiful colors dancing all over within the unique composition. The thin, delicate petals represented by silk fabrics and the long fibers sticking out of the torn canvas that resemble dripping paints make one realize the possibilities of painting.
We hope you enjoy this exhibition that portrays the seasons in Japan by two artists with completely different styles.
Keiki Yamada left Tokyo, where he had lived since his days in college, and moved back to his hometown in Hokkaido 5 years ago. The technique he uses in his work is tempera, a medium often used during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, created by mixing eggs and pigments. He claims that, just like in Europe, there is something about Hokkaido that provides "a good fit" for this classical medium, which is often described as "troublesome" and "fickle" due to its quick-drying nature.
He paints "episodes" in his life. Enticing food and mundane everyday objects that sit in the center of the canvas are the snapshots that remain in his mind. At first glance, his background resembles the background rendered in Rembrandt's portrait paintings. One can't help but suspect that it might be this large space surrounding the motif that he wanted to depict. Yamada never paints the background merely to accentuate the motif. Instead, by generously leaving the space, he wants to recreate the ambiance of days gone by such as the noises he heard, the smells in the air, and the textures he still remembers when he touched the object.
Meanwhile, Atsuki Fujimoto who has been working in Kyoto says, "What I want to create is the rustling of the forest, the blowing of the wind, the sunlight that hits my eyes, and the sensation that all of those things bring about." When seen up close, the canvas is roughly torn here and there, the untreated fibers revealed, and the hand-dyed fabrics peeking out or being pulled out from the canvas. Beautiful colors are rendered and layered on the torn canvas, representing flowers and plants.
His work is reminiscent of the American woman painter Joan Mitchell. Both painters depict nature in a "semi-abstract" manner. While Mitchell uses heavy and striking brushstrokes, Fujimoto adopts a more direct and perhaps more violent approach by tearing the canvas. When viewed up close, his motifs, the flowers, are easily identifiable; when viewed from a distance, they appear to be more abstract with the beautiful colors dancing all over within the unique composition. The thin, delicate petals represented by silk fabrics and the long fibers sticking out of the torn canvas that resemble dripping paints make one realize the possibilities of painting.
We hope you enjoy this exhibition that portrays the seasons in Japan by two artists with completely different styles.
Schedule | Feb 22 (Wed) 2023-May 23 (Tue) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | https://artplatform.tokyo/exhibition/絵暦：これ何月の絵？/ | ||
| Venue | ANA InterContinental Tokyo http://anaintercontinental-tokyo.jp/en/ | ||
| Location | 1-12-33 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 | ||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 13 at Tameike-sanno Station on the Namboku and Ginza lines, 12 minute walk from exit A2 at Toranomon Hills Station on the Hibiya line, 16 minute walk from exit 5b at Akasaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||
| Phone | 03-3505-1111 | ||
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