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Toshihiro Komatsu "Behind the Picture Is Nothing but Wall—CT: Painting"
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Toshihiro Komatsu
KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY is pleased to present “Behind the Picture Is Nothing but Wall—CT: PAINTING,” a solo exhibition by Toshihiro Komatsu starting February 1, 2025.
Toshihiro Komatsu studied contemporary art at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, then studied visual studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Graduate School of Architecture, and actively worked in Europe and the United States, including solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1 and the Queens Museum of Art. After returning to Japan, he energetically exhibited visual arts that renewed our perception, mainly through international art festivals such as the Setouchi International Art Festival (2013) and Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (2012/2015).
Komatsu’s artworks, in the style of site-specific installations, pavilions (temporary structures), and photographic works, have constantly shaken viewers’ visual experiences but were never presented in the format of paintings. This was for the simple and fundamental reason that he saw “no reason why I should paint in the continuous history of art.” However, in 2023, when Komatsu approached the 30th year of his career, he decided to pick up a paintbrush CT (Painting) for the first time.
Thirty years is a time Confucius described as Jiritsu, “the age at which academic knowledge and moral values are established and confidence in one’s ability to stand up for oneself in the world is gained.” Thus, it was natural for Komatsu, who had been pursuing visual art that renews perception, to develop a desire to make oil paintings [the most formal medium in the field of art] transparent as he worked on CT, the photographic series that cancels out layers of three-dimensional space. It was also inevitable he decided the material should be painted by himself. Komatsu has taught oil painting to numerous students. Still, now in a position to hold a paintbrush for the first time as an artist, he asked his colleagues to teach him about tools and others, purely returning to his starting position as an artist and continuing to pursue his expressions freshly.
While always maintaining a consistent standpoint as an artist, Toshihiro Komatsu has finally found a reason to take up his own brush in light of art history, and has developed an expression that crosses the border between two-dimensional and three-dimensional space.
Toshihiro Komatsu studied contemporary art at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, then studied visual studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Graduate School of Architecture, and actively worked in Europe and the United States, including solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1 and the Queens Museum of Art. After returning to Japan, he energetically exhibited visual arts that renewed our perception, mainly through international art festivals such as the Setouchi International Art Festival (2013) and Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (2012/2015).
Komatsu’s artworks, in the style of site-specific installations, pavilions (temporary structures), and photographic works, have constantly shaken viewers’ visual experiences but were never presented in the format of paintings. This was for the simple and fundamental reason that he saw “no reason why I should paint in the continuous history of art.” However, in 2023, when Komatsu approached the 30th year of his career, he decided to pick up a paintbrush CT (Painting) for the first time.
Thirty years is a time Confucius described as Jiritsu, “the age at which academic knowledge and moral values are established and confidence in one’s ability to stand up for oneself in the world is gained.” Thus, it was natural for Komatsu, who had been pursuing visual art that renews perception, to develop a desire to make oil paintings [the most formal medium in the field of art] transparent as he worked on CT, the photographic series that cancels out layers of three-dimensional space. It was also inevitable he decided the material should be painted by himself. Komatsu has taught oil painting to numerous students. Still, now in a position to hold a paintbrush for the first time as an artist, he asked his colleagues to teach him about tools and others, purely returning to his starting position as an artist and continuing to pursue his expressions freshly.
While always maintaining a consistent standpoint as an artist, Toshihiro Komatsu has finally found a reason to take up his own brush in light of art history, and has developed an expression that crosses the border between two-dimensional and three-dimensional space.
Schedule | Feb 1 (Sat) 2025-Mar 1 (Sat) 2025 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Feb 1 (Sat) 2025 17:00 - 18:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.kanakawanishi.com/en-exhibition-053-toshihiro-komatsu | ||||
| Venue | Kana Kawanishi Gallery http://www.kanakawanishi.com/ | ||||
| Location | 1F 4-7-6 Shirakawa, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0021 | ||||
| Access | 9 minute walk from exit B2 at Kiyosumi Shirakawa Station on the Hanzomon line. 9 minute walk from exit A4 at Kikukawa Station on the Toei Shinjuku line. 14 minute walk from exit A3 at Kiyosumi Shirakawa Station on the Toei Oedo line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5843-9128 | ||||
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