Danshaku MIYAZAWA: comings and goings |
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Published: June 01 2011 |
"ori no.32", 2011, 48.5x37.5cm, pencil, watercolor on Japanese paper Danshaku Miyazawa’s work was selected for inclusion in the “Tokyo Wonder Wall 2004” open call exhibition organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 2004. He has held both a two-person exhibition together with Nozomi Kobayashi (2008) as well as a one-man show (2010) at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP (Tokyo), in addition to participating in numerous art fairs. This exhibition showcases a selection of around 50 artworks, including both early pieces and examples of his most recent output, which illustrate the evolution of his practice and the myriad changes it has gone through. The Chinese title of the exhibition, xiao xi, describes a concept taken from ancient Chinese philosophy. Xiao refers to the dissipating of gloom and melancholy, while xi indicates the onset of a brighter, more cheerful outlook. The moment in which one reaches the end of an inhalation, where melancholy exhausts itself, is also when the lighter mood that comes from exhaling kicks in. Miyazawa uses countless fine lines and circles with a pencil, as well as blots of water-color to depict human figures with ambiguous, undefined forms. These images are not fixed to the pictorial surface, giving viewers the impression of constant flux and movement – just like the respiratory “comings and goings” of living beings. Miyazawa’s paintings are metaphors for the fickle, transient and uncertain moods of the contemporary human condition. From the artist: * The text provided by TOKYO GALLERY + BTAP | TOKYO. Period: Saturday, June 11 - Sunday, July 24, 2011 |
Last Updated on June 11 2011 |