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Kohei Yamashita
Tezukayama Gallery is pleased to announce Kohei Yamashita’s solo exhibition “S L A B” starting from 16th November.
Kohei Yamashita was born in 1983 in Ibaraki Prefecture, he is an artist based primarily in Kyoto. Since his time at Kyoto City University of Arts, majoring in Concepts and Media Planning in the master course, he has explored themes such as the sence of distance through “perspective” and “current position” in his work. He has created a diverse range of work across painting, sculpture, photography, and installation, that are not limited by medium. One consistent feature in his work is his incorporation of bodily sensations, such as memories and experiences gained through his mountaineering, symbolically.
This exhibition, his first in about seven years, will primarily feature new works that Yamashita has created around the theme of “ugliness,” a subject that has drawn his interest over the past few years. The pursuit of “beauty” has long been regarded as an ideal in the history of art, but is “ugliness” simply defined as the opposite of beauty? While Yamashita has previously confronted the immeasurable scale of natural beauty found in mountains and transformed that into his works, the theme of “ugliness” may seem sudden. However, thinking of “ugliness” means addressing the inner emotions of prejudice and fears that we carry, or focusing on those to be excluded society. It can be interpreted as an attempt to explore “something” beyond conventional notions of beauty and ugliness through a paradoxical lens.
Kohei Yamashita was born in 1983 in Ibaraki Prefecture, he is an artist based primarily in Kyoto. Since his time at Kyoto City University of Arts, majoring in Concepts and Media Planning in the master course, he has explored themes such as the sence of distance through “perspective” and “current position” in his work. He has created a diverse range of work across painting, sculpture, photography, and installation, that are not limited by medium. One consistent feature in his work is his incorporation of bodily sensations, such as memories and experiences gained through his mountaineering, symbolically.
This exhibition, his first in about seven years, will primarily feature new works that Yamashita has created around the theme of “ugliness,” a subject that has drawn his interest over the past few years. The pursuit of “beauty” has long been regarded as an ideal in the history of art, but is “ugliness” simply defined as the opposite of beauty? While Yamashita has previously confronted the immeasurable scale of natural beauty found in mountains and transformed that into his works, the theme of “ugliness” may seem sudden. However, thinking of “ugliness” means addressing the inner emotions of prejudice and fears that we carry, or focusing on those to be excluded society. It can be interpreted as an attempt to explore “something” beyond conventional notions of beauty and ugliness through a paradoxical lens.
Schedule | Nov 16 (Sat) 2024-Dec 14 (Sat) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.tezukayama-g.com/en/exhibition/s-l-a-b | ||||
| Venue | Tezukayama Gallery https://tezukayama-g.com/en/ | ||||
| Location | 2F Yamazaki Bldg., 1-19-27 Minami Horie, Nishi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 550-0015 | ||||
| Access | 10 minute walk from exit 6 at Yotsubashi Station on the Yotsubashi subway line, 10 minute walk from the North exit of Namba Station on the JR Kansai Main line. | ||||
| Phone | 06-6534-3993 | ||||
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