Masato Kobayashi
Portrait of the Artist — Exhibition Celebrating the Publication of MK
Dates: 7 December, 2024 – 1 February, 2025 *The duration has been extended from the original schedule.
Venue: ShugoArts
Hours: 11am ‒ 6pm, Closed on Sun, Mon and Public Holidays
Winter holidays: 28 December – 6 January
Opening reception *The artist will be present.
Date&Time: Saturday, 7 December 4pm – 6pm
Venue: ShugoArts
Who would have predicted that in the 21st century, an artist would paint a horse with a paintbrush in its mouth? However, this is a motif that demands to be painted now more than ever. (MK, p.140, Kenjiro Hosaka, ‘An Essay on Masato Kobayashi’.)
ShugoArts will hold Masato Kobayashi’s solo exhibition starting on Saturday, December 7, to celebrate the publication of MK, his highly anticipated monograph.
MK is Masato Kobayashi’s first comprehensive collection of his works. [Publisher: HeHe, Text: Kenjiro Hosaka, Design: Satoshi Suzuki]
This substantial book, with over 300 pages despite its compact size, allows readers to trace the consistent evolution of Kobayashi’s paintings over the past 40 years, from his early works created during his university years to those produced in Kunitachi(Tokyo), Ghent(Belgium), Tomonoura(Hiroshima), and Toride(Ibaraki).
At ShugoArts in Roppongi, the exhibition will focus on new works from Kobayashi’s ongoing Portrait of the Artist series, which he has been working on for the past five years.
On the opening day, December 7, Masato Kobayashi will welcome visitors with his new works and the monograph MK.
ShugoArts, November 2024
Masato KOBAYASHI, Artist and the Model, 2024, oil, canvas, wood, 315x220x47cm
Masato Kobayashi MK
Texts by Masato Kobayashi and Kenjiro Hosaka (Director, Shiga Museum of Art)
Design by Satoshi Suzuki
Edited by ShugoArts and HeHe
Price: 9,000 yen (excl. VAT)
Size: 178×235 mm / 328 pages / Hard Cover
Languages: Japanese / English
ISBN978-4-908062-62-9 C0070
To be released in early December 2024
HeHe website
Available for pre-order on HeHe’s website
【Special Edition】
Limited edition: 40
Includes Masato Kobayashi’s new drawing (size: 19.5×13.5cm, material: paper, pencil), framed, and the book “MK”, presented in a special box
Price: 120,000 JPY (excl. VAT)
* The publication will be available at ShugoArts, HeHe (online shop) and a few other bookstores.
Related exhibition and event
＞Masato Kobayashi FAMILY/Family of this Planet
Dates: 27 October – 28 December 2024
Venue: rin art association (Takasaki, Gunma)
Exhibition Website
*For further information, please check the website above.
＞Masato Kobayashi A pair of artworks, exhibited separately = LOVE
Dates: 27 October – 28 December 2024
Venue: SHIROIYA HOTEL (Maebashi, Gunma)
Venue Website
＞Talk event to celebrate the publication of MK
Masato Kobayashi × Kenjiro Hosaka (Director, Shiga Museum of Art)
Date&Time: 19 January, 2025 5pm – 6:30 pm
Venue: GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, BOOK EVENT SPACE
Sign up for the event (The website is only in Japanese)
Top image: Masato KOBAYASHI, Portrait of The Artist, 2024, oil, canvas, wood, 150x142x10cm