Shigeru Nishikawa "Under Construction or Destruction: Modern City"
Taguchi Fine Art
Until May 18
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Shigeru Nishikawa
Taguchi Fine Art is pleased to announce the second solo show by a Japanese painter, Shigeru Nishikawa.
Nishikawa has been experimenting with abstract expression using buildings and structures under construction, renovation, or destruction, covered with fabric-like sheets that suddenly appear in the city as the subject. For Nishikawa, they symbolize the struggle between the forces of human beings to expand the cities and the forces of nature. These "Shield House" works are painted with bold brushstrokes that depart from realism and reproduction, an appropriate technique to the theme, that is, “the fluidity of all things”, “the creation and disappearance”, and “time”.
The show will present a typical post-modern Japanese urban landscape with a configuration of works featuring houses, buildings, temples, torii gates, bridge piers, radio towers, mega solar panels, and other structures covered by temporary enclosures.
Nishikawa has been experimenting with abstract expression using buildings and structures under construction, renovation, or destruction, covered with fabric-like sheets that suddenly appear in the city as the subject. For Nishikawa, they symbolize the struggle between the forces of human beings to expand the cities and the forces of nature. These "Shield House" works are painted with bold brushstrokes that depart from realism and reproduction, an appropriate technique to the theme, that is, “the fluidity of all things”, “the creation and disappearance”, and “time”.
The show will present a typical post-modern Japanese urban landscape with a configuration of works featuring houses, buildings, temples, torii gates, bridge piers, radio towers, mega solar panels, and other structures covered by temporary enclosures.
Schedule Now in session | Apr 6 (Sat) 2024-May 18 (Sat) 2024 21 days left Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Apr 6 (Sat) 2024 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Taguchi Fine Art http://www.taguchifineart.com/Etop.html  | ||||
| Location | B1F Yamasan Bldg., 2-6-13 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 5 at Shin-Nihombashi Station on the JR Sobu and Yokosuka lines, 5 minute walk from exit A4 at Mitsukoshimae Station on the Ginza and Hanzomon lines, 8 minute walk from exit A5 at Ningyocho Station on the Hibiya or Toei Asakusa line | ||||
| Phone | 03-5652-3660 | ||||
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