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Yoshihisa Kitatsuji, Hiroyuki Omori, Gaku Kato
From September 24, Yoshihisa Kitatsuji, Hiroyuki Omori, and Gaku Kato will exhibit drawings as part of the permanent exhibition. Yoshihisa Kitatsuji is known as a Post-Mono-ha artist for his object sculptures, prints, and installations, but he is also an artist who explores the unique nature of media. Unlike objects, which are restricted by the “object as material,” drawing is a medium that allows the viewer to follow the image itself more freely using paper, watercolor, pastel, and other media. In my opinion, the drawings that Kitatsuji began in the 1980s seem to be connected to the oil paintings he has been creating in recent years, and although Kitatsuji's sculptures and objects from the 1990s have been exhibited in many solo exhibitions at art museums, the world that unfolds in his drawings from the same period is very deep and rich, as if we are seeing the abyss of creation. The world that spreads out in his drawings of the same period is very deep and rich.
Hiroyuki Omori is known for his sculptures using modeling techniques such as plaster, and in recent years, marble sculptures. In addition to tranquil works covered with beeswax light on plaster, he also uses oil paint to fill the plaster surface with tracing lines, and his works seem to move easily between sculpture and flat surfaces such as oil paint and drawings. For Omori, his work is born from drawings on paper folded to a size that fits in the palm of his hand. The drawings, which have become a habit like a daily journal, become seeds that warm up and are eventually transformed into sculptures, oil paintings, drawings, and prints. What the artist himself describes as “sticky light” can be thought of as an image closely connected to light and darkness, but the works that seem to induce something tactile seem to be floating in the realm of media rather than converging into an image. This time, three large drawings (framed) and a small drawing (file) will be exhibited.
Gaku Kato just had a solo exhibition in July. He paints “landscapes” using water-soluble media such as acrylics. In the field of art education, the techniques and history of Western painting are mainstream, and viewers often view his works with this background. In Kato's case, while accepting the flow of Western art, Oriental painting is also an important element. After looking at a painting composed of soft, light colors for a while, you may be surprised by the appearance of a hard painting space. It is as if a magnificent landscape appears out of a clearing in the fog. It was a moment that renewed in my mind the possibilities of contemporary painting. Kato often refers to himself as “a painter as well as a viewer. Painting with a minimum number of colors and moves in a repetitive process of drawing and viewing must be a series of taut and tense moments. For Kato, some of the drawings are the preliminary stage for such production, and the ink drawings introduced in the most recent exhibition will also be exhibited.
Drawing is the smallest form of expression, made with paper and materials. I believe that it has a thrilling appeal, as it is directly connected to the image and touches the source of the artist. The three artists in this exhibition have three different ways of being and three different backgrounds of production. We hope you will enjoy them as well. We hope you will enjoy the exhibition.
Hiroyuki Omori is known for his sculptures using modeling techniques such as plaster, and in recent years, marble sculptures. In addition to tranquil works covered with beeswax light on plaster, he also uses oil paint to fill the plaster surface with tracing lines, and his works seem to move easily between sculpture and flat surfaces such as oil paint and drawings. For Omori, his work is born from drawings on paper folded to a size that fits in the palm of his hand. The drawings, which have become a habit like a daily journal, become seeds that warm up and are eventually transformed into sculptures, oil paintings, drawings, and prints. What the artist himself describes as “sticky light” can be thought of as an image closely connected to light and darkness, but the works that seem to induce something tactile seem to be floating in the realm of media rather than converging into an image. This time, three large drawings (framed) and a small drawing (file) will be exhibited.
Gaku Kato just had a solo exhibition in July. He paints “landscapes” using water-soluble media such as acrylics. In the field of art education, the techniques and history of Western painting are mainstream, and viewers often view his works with this background. In Kato's case, while accepting the flow of Western art, Oriental painting is also an important element. After looking at a painting composed of soft, light colors for a while, you may be surprised by the appearance of a hard painting space. It is as if a magnificent landscape appears out of a clearing in the fog. It was a moment that renewed in my mind the possibilities of contemporary painting. Kato often refers to himself as “a painter as well as a viewer. Painting with a minimum number of colors and moves in a repetitive process of drawing and viewing must be a series of taut and tense moments. For Kato, some of the drawings are the preliminary stage for such production, and the ink drawings introduced in the most recent exhibition will also be exhibited.
Drawing is the smallest form of expression, made with paper and materials. I believe that it has a thrilling appeal, as it is directly connected to the image and touches the source of the artist. The three artists in this exhibition have three different ways of being and three different backgrounds of production. We hope you will enjoy them as well. We hope you will enjoy the exhibition.
Schedule | Sep 24 (Tue) 2024-Oct 24 (Thu) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | +Y Gallery https://www.plus-y-gallery.com/  | ||||
| Location | 306, 1-3-27 Tanimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 3 at Temmabashi Station on the Tanimachi subway line, 5 minute walk from the East exit of Temmabashi Station on the Keihan line. | ||||
| Phone | 06-4792-0011 |
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