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Reika Takebayashi "You should care more about butterflies"
Taka Ishii Gallery Maebashi
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Reika Takebayashi
Taka Ishii Gallery Maebashi is pleased to present “You should care more about butterflies,” a solo exhibition of the works of Reika Takebayashi, from Sunday, November 24 to Friday, December 27. She will unveil nine new paintings at her first solo show at Taka Ishii Gallery, following her participation in a group exhibition at the same venue in March.
In the spring of 2024, Takebayashi spent three months in Rauma, a port town on the western coast of Finland, as part of the international artist residency RaumArs. The region is known for medieval ruins and time-honored traditional crafts, and the town center, with its colorful wooden architecture, is recognized as a World Heritage Site. In Finland, the period from winter to early summer sees daylight hours lengthen dramatically and plants sprout as the snow thaws.
Takebayashi, who has consistently produced abstract paintings incorporating natural phenomena from her surroundings, found that coexistence with the nature and environment of a distant land deepened her artistic thought process. The works newly presented at this exhibition show a renewed focus on the artist’s sympathetic reactions to the distinctive behavior of the terrain, and how these accumulated interactions evolve within her memory and visually re-emerge in the form of paintings. Layers of pale color delicately applied to canvas evoke the ever-changing hues of the sky, plants swaying in the breeze, and the textures of the rock that forms the land. Each work’s title is the name of a site she visited during her residency or is derived from snippets of casual conversation with local people, maintaining Takebayashi’s connections to these motifs as she explores a unique visual vocabulary that leads our imaginations toward far-off locales. We hope you will take this opportunity to appreciate her remarkable works.
In the spring of 2024, Takebayashi spent three months in Rauma, a port town on the western coast of Finland, as part of the international artist residency RaumArs. The region is known for medieval ruins and time-honored traditional crafts, and the town center, with its colorful wooden architecture, is recognized as a World Heritage Site. In Finland, the period from winter to early summer sees daylight hours lengthen dramatically and plants sprout as the snow thaws.
Takebayashi, who has consistently produced abstract paintings incorporating natural phenomena from her surroundings, found that coexistence with the nature and environment of a distant land deepened her artistic thought process. The works newly presented at this exhibition show a renewed focus on the artist’s sympathetic reactions to the distinctive behavior of the terrain, and how these accumulated interactions evolve within her memory and visually re-emerge in the form of paintings. Layers of pale color delicately applied to canvas evoke the ever-changing hues of the sky, plants swaying in the breeze, and the textures of the rock that forms the land. Each work’s title is the name of a site she visited during her residency or is derived from snippets of casual conversation with local people, maintaining Takebayashi’s connections to these motifs as she explores a unique visual vocabulary that leads our imaginations toward far-off locales. We hope you will take this opportunity to appreciate her remarkable works.
Schedule | Nov 24 (Sun) 2024-Dec 27 (Fri) 2024 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 24 (Sun) 2024 12:00 - 14:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/38982/ | ||||
| Venue | Taka Ishii Gallery Maebashi https://www.takaishiigallery.com/jp/ | ||||
| Location | 1F Maebashi Galleria, 5-9-1 Chiyoda-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma 371-0022 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from Chuo-maebashi Station on the Jomo Electric Railway line, 15 minute walk from the North exit of Maebashi Station on the JR Ryomo line. | ||||
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