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Hiroki Tsukuda
Nanzuka is pleased to present “The Darkest Hour,” an exhibition of new works by Hiroki Tsukuda at
Nanzuka Underground.
Hiroki Tsukuda was born in Kagawa in 1978, and since graduating from the Department of Imaging Arts &
Sciences at Musashino Art University has continued to base his practice in Tokyo. Tsukuda continues to receive high international acclaim, recently presenting solo exhibitions such as “Monolog in the Doom” at The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma in 2019, and “They Live” at New York’s Petzel Gallery in March 2020, just before the city's lockdown.
As an important factor in understanding Tsukuda’s work, it is essential to discuss the influence of science-fiction movies, video games, animations, manga, music, and novels that Tsukuda has familiarized himself with since childhood. In Tsukuda’s work, which he refers to as the “outer world,” it is possible to observe a certain discrepancy or the threshold of divergence between the future that Tsukuda has believed in since his childhood days and the reality of actually living in that future. The near-futuristic vision conveyed through Tsukuda’s work could perhaps be described as a manifestation of another “reality” that is conceived through the complex amalgam of the imagery that the artist currently encounters and perceives in the world in its present progressive form, and the information that he has documented and remembered over the course of his life thus far.
The exhibition, “The Darkest Hour” reflects Tsukuda’s candid impressions of the world at present, where
problems such as the war between Russia and Ukraine, the smoldering conflict between China and the United States, and the social unrest caused by the expanding disparity in wealth have become increasingly prominent. Presented on this occasion is a selection of three-dimensional “collages” conceived by disassembling and reassembling small figurines from various media franchises such as Star Wars, Gundam, Monster Hunter, etc. which Tsukuda has collected over many years, as well as an installation comprised of miscellaneous found objects, and new mix-media paintings that he has independently developed through skillfully incorporating elements of ink, silk-screen, and acrylic.
Nanzuka Underground.
Hiroki Tsukuda was born in Kagawa in 1978, and since graduating from the Department of Imaging Arts &
Sciences at Musashino Art University has continued to base his practice in Tokyo. Tsukuda continues to receive high international acclaim, recently presenting solo exhibitions such as “Monolog in the Doom” at The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma in 2019, and “They Live” at New York’s Petzel Gallery in March 2020, just before the city's lockdown.
As an important factor in understanding Tsukuda’s work, it is essential to discuss the influence of science-fiction movies, video games, animations, manga, music, and novels that Tsukuda has familiarized himself with since childhood. In Tsukuda’s work, which he refers to as the “outer world,” it is possible to observe a certain discrepancy or the threshold of divergence between the future that Tsukuda has believed in since his childhood days and the reality of actually living in that future. The near-futuristic vision conveyed through Tsukuda’s work could perhaps be described as a manifestation of another “reality” that is conceived through the complex amalgam of the imagery that the artist currently encounters and perceives in the world in its present progressive form, and the information that he has documented and remembered over the course of his life thus far.
The exhibition, “The Darkest Hour” reflects Tsukuda’s candid impressions of the world at present, where
problems such as the war between Russia and Ukraine, the smoldering conflict between China and the United States, and the social unrest caused by the expanding disparity in wealth have become increasingly prominent. Presented on this occasion is a selection of three-dimensional “collages” conceived by disassembling and reassembling small figurines from various media franchises such as Star Wars, Gundam, Monster Hunter, etc. which Tsukuda has collected over many years, as well as an installation comprised of miscellaneous found objects, and new mix-media paintings that he has independently developed through skillfully incorporating elements of ink, silk-screen, and acrylic.
Schedule | Jun 18 (Sat) 2022-Jul 17 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jun 18 (Sat) 2022 16:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Nanzuka Underground http://www.nug.jp  | ||||
| Location | 3-30-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from exit 5 at Meiji-jingumae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines, 10 minute walk from the Takeshita exit of Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5422-3877 | ||||
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