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Eugene Studio / Eugene Kangawa: Power of Imagination Part 1/3
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Eugene Studio / Eugene Kangawa
The show takes place in MAKI Gallery and MAKI Collection at Tennoz I, Tokyo, with the addition of Eugene Studio Atelier iii, the artist’s expansive atelier located on the outskirts of Tokyo, as a special venue. The first of a three-part, multi-year series titled Power of Imagination, this exhibition is an extensive exploration of the artist’s practice, featuring a wide range of new works as well as works on loan.
Born in the United States in 1989, Eugene Kangawa is an artist primarily known for his paintings and installations, leading a successful career in Japan and abroad. Most notably, with his exhibition Eugene Studio After the Rainbow, he became the youngest artist in history to receive a solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, a prestigious institution that has held retrospectives on the likes of Yayoi Kusama and Yoko Ono in the past. After the rainbow was incredibly well-received and made a powerful impact, as visitors waited for up to several hours to gain entry into the exhibition. All of the exhibited works, except those in the artist’s collection, were later acquired by various collections around the world. Power of Imagination is titled after one of the key concepts of After the Rainbow. Through the cooperation of Kangawa’s many collectors, the exhibition’s multifaceted and multidimensional works lead us on a philosophical journey and continue to expand upon the experimental endeavors of the artist’s past shows.
Notably, Eugene Studio serves as a special venue for the exhibition with a limited number of groups allowed entry per day by appointment. The same atelier, which has served as the artist’s base since 2020, was designed and constructed by the artist and studio themselves, including the overall spatial design, doors, and most of the furniture. The atelier has since become a medium for embodying the artist’s aesthetics and everyday life by reusing materials from previous projects. The rooms illuminated by natural light and the vast spaces filled with paintings and installations offer a new viewing experience, where the relationship between a work and its surroundings is distinct from that of a museum or a gallery. At MAKI Gallery, five separate series, including one new body of work, will be exhibited: Light and shadow inside me, Image/Imagine #1 Man, Goldrain, the White Painting series, and the Rainbow Painting series.
Born in the United States in 1989, Eugene Kangawa is an artist primarily known for his paintings and installations, leading a successful career in Japan and abroad. Most notably, with his exhibition Eugene Studio After the Rainbow, he became the youngest artist in history to receive a solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, a prestigious institution that has held retrospectives on the likes of Yayoi Kusama and Yoko Ono in the past. After the rainbow was incredibly well-received and made a powerful impact, as visitors waited for up to several hours to gain entry into the exhibition. All of the exhibited works, except those in the artist’s collection, were later acquired by various collections around the world. Power of Imagination is titled after one of the key concepts of After the Rainbow. Through the cooperation of Kangawa’s many collectors, the exhibition’s multifaceted and multidimensional works lead us on a philosophical journey and continue to expand upon the experimental endeavors of the artist’s past shows.
Notably, Eugene Studio serves as a special venue for the exhibition with a limited number of groups allowed entry per day by appointment. The same atelier, which has served as the artist’s base since 2020, was designed and constructed by the artist and studio themselves, including the overall spatial design, doors, and most of the furniture. The atelier has since become a medium for embodying the artist’s aesthetics and everyday life by reusing materials from previous projects. The rooms illuminated by natural light and the vast spaces filled with paintings and installations offer a new viewing experience, where the relationship between a work and its surroundings is distinct from that of a museum or a gallery. At MAKI Gallery, five separate series, including one new body of work, will be exhibited: Light and shadow inside me, Image/Imagine #1 Man, Goldrain, the White Painting series, and the Rainbow Painting series.
Schedule | Jun 2 (Fri) 2023-Aug 5 (Sat) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | http://vip-mkg-eugenestudio-kangawa-231.makigallery.com/ | ||||||
| Venue | MAKI (Tennoz) https://www.makigallery.com/ | ||||||
| Location | 1F Terrada Art Complex, 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 | ||||||
| Access | 9 minute walk from exit B at Tennozu Isle Station on the Rinkai line, 10 minute walk from the South exit of Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Monorail line, 9 minute walk from the North exit of Shimbamba Station on the Keikyu line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-6810-4850 | ||||||
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