Whitestone Gallery Karuizawa is pleased to announce the much-revered sculptor Masayuki Tsubota’s solo exhibition: Unknown Memory. “Unknown memory” implies “the eerie sense” that everyone experiences when they are children, perhaps while playing in the mountains or along the riverside.

Learning about wooden architecture such as ancient temples presented the artist an opportunity to create wooden sculptures. One day, Tsubota sensed a presence from his artwork painted with red pigments, which was placed behind him. Since then, this “sense” has been one of the primary themes that has inspired the sculptor.

Tsubota observed that humans are divided by their races, religions, languages, economics, and so on. The fact that the human retina is distinctive, depending on the race of an individual, allows people to see differently even when they look at the same colour. How does this sense called “unknown memory” affect humans, who are diversified by these elements, when they observe his works? This is the main theme around which his exhibition is structured.

Tsubota’s artworks attract art audience through their unique usage of colours, wood – which is a living material and breathes ever after it has been shaved, their form that has distinctive vibrations, and the shadows cast by his works. His drawings and installations, which are open to the public for the first time, will be on display in this exhibition. We cordially invite you to enjoy this spectacular presentation of ideas, colours, art, and imagination.

轻井泽画廊

日本389-0102长野县北佐久轻井泽町轻郡井泽1151-5轻井泽新艺术美术馆1楼
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Opening Hours:10:00 - 17:00 (October - June),10:00 - 18:00 (July - September)
Closed: 周一
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坪田昌之
坪田昌之

坪田昌之的作品在紧凑的结构之上形成了具有摇曳的色彩、纹理和动态的图像,根据观赏角度的不同展现出各种表现形式。精确和俏皮巧妙地结合在一起,搅动了空间。与气候密切相关的天然材料,如木材、石头和矿物颜料,相互模糊,相互侵蚀。这些材料的重新结合使作品获得了新生,吸引了观众的五种感官,并与被遗忘的记忆和敏感领域产生共鸣。这种共鸣是沟通的起源,它扩展为一种超越时间和空间的深刻理解。这就是坪田昌之的艺术精髓。

坪田昌之在大阪艺术大学主修雕塑并获得硕士学位。

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