也趣藝廊︱領海Contiguous Zone－日本當代藝術聯展 20

展覽 |  領海Contiguous Zone－日本當代藝術聯展
展覽展期 | 2013.11.02 (六) ~ 2013.12.01 (日)

開幕酒會 |201311.09(六) 19:30-21:00︱藝術家將出席開幕酒會

地點 |  也趣藝廊︱台北市民族西路141號

參展畫廊 | Galleries Gallery Kogure、hpgrp gallery Tokyo、YOD gallery

參展藝術家 |  山本タカト、平林貴宏、大矢加奈子、元田久治、向井正一、佐竹龍蔵、杉山卓朗、窪田美樹、瀧下和之

聯絡 |  [email protected] | 02-25991171

勇於追求新的地平線就是冒險家。－（哥倫布）

2013年末，也趣藝廊將與日本三家畫廊Gallery Kogure、hpgrp gallery Tokyo及YOD gallery攜手打造「領海Contiguous Zone－日本當代藝術聯展」！九位藝術家的聯袂展出將呈現獨一無二、日本專屬的藝術經驗！偉大的航海家哥倫布曾說：勇於追求新的地平線就是冒險家！當哥倫布踏上顛覆傳統疆界之行，義無反顧的向東航進，他成就的不僅是大冒險家的探險精神，更是扭轉了未來！如同「領海」並非試圖從社會、政治、國家等字面上的疆界概念帶領觀眾理解「何謂日本當代藝術」，而是將透過地平線的探勘、從嚴選的9位藝術家創作中，開拓一個沒有邊界的日本當代藝術風貌

準備好跟著九位藝術家一起冒險了嗎？山本タカト以「病態萎靡」的風格，將日本傳統浮世繪和波普藝術結合，讓創作鋌而走險的在華麗和死亡的交界遊走。平林貴宏的「傷痕式」美學則讓筆下人物如同幽靈船駛進大霧般，充斥冷峻的溫度和痛楚。而同樣藉由人物表達「自身焦慮」的大矢加奈子，作品雖不似平林貴宏般的斑駁脆弱，卻透過生活週遭物件（如：女孩的衣物、化妝瓶罐等）的混亂來表達生活中的脫序和掙扎。

從個人到社會的觀察，我們看到元田久治以「未來」為創作題材，透過頹敗的街景、斑駁的建築物和揮之不去的絕望溫度，來書寫文明凋零後的微弱掙扎。同樣的，向井正一透過風趣的雕塑表達對下一代深切的恐懼和焦慮，這些末日嬰兒紛紛換上超級英雄的盔甲裝，他們手持奶瓶、刀叉，赤手空拳地捍衛生存權利！

然而藝術可表達的面向卻遠不及於此！佐竹龍蔵以一張張孩童的真摯臉孔傳達藝術家對世界的平和期許，作品相較起來溫馴許多。杉山卓朗則是全面跳開以故事或是人物為主軸的創作方式，以完全手繪的線條和色塊表達「抽象」的情緒。同時讓人眼睛為之驚艷的窪田美樹透過攝影、印刷將2D刺青紋路扭曲成為3D的雕塑，而瀧下和之筆下濃厚日本味的神話妖獸也是個一窺日本當代藝術的途徑。

「領海Contiguous Zone」此次邀請到三間日本具有指標性的畫廊及旗下的九位藝術家以多元的創作主題和橫跨雕塑、版畫、膠彩、壓克力等媒材，持續挑戰日本當代藝術的地平線！11月2日（六）也趣藝廊邀請喜愛藝術的大冒險家們前來與我們共同挑戰傳統、超越創新！

Dare to pursue the new horizon exactly adventurer.－ Christopher Columbus

In the end of 2013, AKI Gallery will collaborate with three galleries from Japan, including Gallery Kogure, hpgrp Gallery Tokyo and YOD Gallery, creating “Contiguous Zone－Japanese Contemporary Arts Exhibition”. The group show presented by nine artists will offer audience a unique and Japan-exclusive art experience. The great navigator Christopher Columbus once said, “Dare to pursue the new horizon exactly adventurer.” When Columbus began the east-bound journey against conventions without turning back, he achieved not only the great spirit of adventure but changing the world boundary forever.

The exhibition is not attempting to convey the audience by the conceptual boundary of society, politics or nation what Japanese contemporary art is. Instead, we explore beyond horizon and select works by nine artists, developing a scene of Japanese contemporary art without borders. 

Are you ready to go on an adventure with the nine artists? 

Takato Yamamoto combines traditional Ukiyo-e art with Pop art in a style of “morbidity and dejection” and brings out the imagery of splendid death.

Takahiro Hirabayashi’s portrait figures under his “aesthetics of wound” are like ghost ships sailing into the heavy fog－stern and painful. 

Expressing self anxiety by portraits in the same way, Kanako Ohya’s works are not that fragile and mottled as Takahiro Hirabayashi. She uses objects in everyday life such as girls’s dresses and cosmetic containers to reflect the distracted and struggling life.   

From self inspection to social observation, Hisaharu Motoda seeks to create a subtle struggling in the post modern world by depicting ruins and deserted buildings in the future theme.

Similarly, Shoichi Mukai treats the fear and anxiety of the next generation in a humorous approach by putting sculptures of baby appearances in suit of armor resembling super heroes who are bare handed or holding cutlery and baby’s bottle, fighting for their right of living.

Yet the patterns are way too wide for art to interpret.

Rather tame works by Ryuzo Satake displays his wish for world peace from sincere faces of children. Takuro Sugiyama expresses abstract emotions through hand-drawn lines and color blocks instead of realistic stories and figures. 

The other two who also draw the attention are Miki Kubota and Kazuyuki Takish*ta. She transforms 2D tattoo illustrations into 3D sculptures by photography and printing techniques, while Kazuyuki Takish*ta’s fantasy goblins and animals from Japanese fable are also a passage to peep at Japanese contemporary arts.

“Contiguous Zone” invites nine artists from three prominent galleries from Japan, covering wide themes and materials including sculpture, block print, glue color, and acrylic which challenge the horizon of Japanese contemporary arts.  AKI Gallery invites every great art-lover adventurer to join us to transcend and explore together from 2013. 11. 02 (Sat.) to 2013. 12. 01 (Sun.) and the opening party will hold on 11. 09 (Sat.) 19:30 at AKI Gallery!