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Shisei Hashimura + Seiichi Kobayashi "Close Your Eyes, Open Your Eyes, Close, Close, Close"
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Shisei Hashimura, Seiichi Kobayashi
We are overwhelmed by visual information every day and have little time to think about what we see. A small sense of discomfort and misalignment lurks in this exhibition. Visitors are urged to follow the title and “Close Your Eyes, Open Your Eyes, Close, Close, Close.”
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Shisei Hashimura began to question what is taken for granted in the world, and has since been creating paintings that show everyday scenes from a different perspective than usual. Through her paintings of fresh food, she helps us realize that many of us do not understand how food is produced, thinking it to be simply standardized and easily available. The food depicted on the canvas is subtly painted to give us a small sense of discomfort and misalignment.
Seiichi Kobayashi creates his works through a meticulous process of layering patterns and images generated through programming using silkscreen printing. The surface, wherein paint has settled through the silkscreen, is left with traces of human handiwork. If one concentrates only on the image of the work, it can be seen as an image composed of the simplest elements, or a background image, but looking at it closely, one would find the artist’s emphasis on the gaps and imperfections in the manual work that occurred during its production. His artistic process, which begins with programming and continues through manual labor, is the very trace of the physical labor that confronts his work.
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Shisei Hashimura began to question what is taken for granted in the world, and has since been creating paintings that show everyday scenes from a different perspective than usual. Through her paintings of fresh food, she helps us realize that many of us do not understand how food is produced, thinking it to be simply standardized and easily available. The food depicted on the canvas is subtly painted to give us a small sense of discomfort and misalignment.
Seiichi Kobayashi creates his works through a meticulous process of layering patterns and images generated through programming using silkscreen printing. The surface, wherein paint has settled through the silkscreen, is left with traces of human handiwork. If one concentrates only on the image of the work, it can be seen as an image composed of the simplest elements, or a background image, but looking at it closely, one would find the artist’s emphasis on the gaps and imperfections in the manual work that occurred during its production. His artistic process, which begins with programming and continues through manual labor, is the very trace of the physical labor that confronts his work.
Schedule | Aug 4 (Fri) 2023-Aug 27 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Closing Reception Aug 4 (Fri) 2023 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://koganecho.net/event/20230804_0827_closecloseclose | ||||
| Venue | Site-A gallery and shop http://www.koganecho.net/ | ||||
| Location | 1-6 Kogane-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 231-0054 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from Koganecho Station on the Keikyu line, 6 minute walk from exit 3A at Bando-bashi Station on the Blue line. | ||||
| Phone | 045-261-5467 | ||||
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