Exhibition
Tokuro Sakamoto : False Vacuum
2018. Sep. 14 (Fri) - Oct. 14 (Sun)
Art Front Gallery is pleased to announce solo exhibition of Tokuro Sakamoto.
ART FRONT GALLERY presents the solo exhibition of Tokuro Sakamoto, which is after an interval of two years since 2016. After Sakamoto majored in a Japanese painting at Tokyo University of art, he devoted himself in studying Japanese paintings in a private painting school and has made his career painting casual daily sceneries. As for the paintings of Sakamoto, their compositions are decided by putting one or more image of photographs together. In spite of ordinary scenery at a glance, his works contain a mysterious atmosphere by the unique composition and the absence of the person. The bold layer of the close view and distant view reminds us the ukiyo-e print.
At this solo exhibition titled "False Vacuum", which is a physical technical term, Sakamoto shows the new works which reflected a fluctuation, disproportion, or the strain that slightly exist in the inside of the almost stable "vacuum" state in scenery. The motif of new works are for example the cloud in the sky, bath-towel hanging on the wall, or carps swimming under the water. To paint these natural sceneries, Sakamoto tries hard to find the perfect composition which could "barely keep balance". Viewer would have the absolute feeling of strain from these works. In addition, Sakamoto thinks about the fragility in our peaceful everyday scenery which would collapse so easily if the disaster or terrorism to occur. While some might feel the ordinary scenery goes forever, other feel it’s just a temporary state. He projects such a delicate feelings existing in Japan nowadays.
ART FRONT GALLERY presents the solo exhibition of Tokuro Sakamoto, which is after an interval of two years since 2016. After Sakamoto majored in a Japanese painting at Tokyo University of art, he devoted himself in studying Japanese paintings in a private painting school and has made his career painting casual daily sceneries. As for the paintings of Sakamoto, their compositions are decided by putting one or more image of photographs together. In spite of ordinary scenery at a glance, his works contain a mysterious atmosphere by the unique composition and the absence of the person. The bold layer of the close view and distant view reminds us the ukiyo-e print.
At this solo exhibition titled "False Vacuum", which is a physical technical term, Sakamoto shows the new works which reflected a fluctuation, disproportion, or the strain that slightly exist in the inside of the almost stable "vacuum" state in scenery. The motif of new works are for example the cloud in the sky, bath-towel hanging on the wall, or carps swimming under the water. To paint these natural sceneries, Sakamoto tries hard to find the perfect composition which could "barely keep balance". Viewer would have the absolute feeling of strain from these works. In addition, Sakamoto thinks about the fragility in our peaceful everyday scenery which would collapse so easily if the disaster or terrorism to occur. While some might feel the ordinary scenery goes forever, other feel it’s just a temporary state. He projects such a delicate feelings existing in Japan nowadays.
Date | 2018. Sep. 14 (Fri) - Oct. 14 (Sun) |
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Hours | 11:00 - 19:00 (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays) |
Reception | 2018. Sep. 14 (Fri) 18:00-20:00 |
Marbling Workshop in Daikanyama Festival | ※Booked out 10. 7(Sun) and 8(Mon)13:00/15:00 , Booking essential, Mail:workshop@artfront.co.jp , 1,000yen, Place:Art Front Gallery, viewing room , Website of Daikanyama Festival : http://sarugakumatsuri.com/detail.php?pid=1395&categ=3 |
Artist appears the gallery | Sep. 22 (Sat), 30 (Sun), Oct.13 (Sat), 15:00-19:00 |