Takeshi Masada will be participating in
“the way of PAINTING”
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2014.7.12(sat) – 9.21(sun)
https://www.operacity.jp
How often over the course of the 20th century has painting been declared dead? And yet each time the genre has made a solid comeback. With the range of methods and materials available to contemporary artists only continuing to expand, it seems far more likely that painting, as a form of expression, will keep on evolving. Indeed, even the past decade has seen the emergence of promising fresh talent every year. Exploring the state of the art and where it is headed, this exhibition gathers the works of 24 exciting new artists from the year 2000 onwards, suggesting that painting is, if anything, timeless.
Artist Talk 7.13(sun) 14:00-
[Artists]
AOKI Yutaka / ATSUCHI Tomoko / IMAI Shunsuke / IWANAGA Tadasuke / ENOMOTO Koichi / OHNO Satoshi / OSA Seiichiro / KUDO Makiko / KONISHI Toshiyuki / KANO Shinichiro / SOUTOME Teppei / TAKAHASHI Daisuke / TAKAGI Daichi / TAKEZAKI Kazuyuki / CHIBA Masaya / NAKAZONO Koji / FUNO Nana / FUKUNAGA Daisuke / MASADA Takeshi / MATSUBARA Soshiro / MINAMIKAWA Shimon / MOCHIZUKA Miki / YAEGASHI Yui / YOKONO Asuka
Takeshi Masada
Born 1977 in Osaka, Takeshi Masada graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2003 with an MA in Fine Art. Masada was one of the artists selected for the first installment of Wako Works of Art’s from/to program; the artist has since received attention through participation in group shows such as The Adventure of Alter-Japan (2011, Sprout Curation, Tokyo) Re: Membering – Next of Japan (2009, Loop, Doosan Art Center, Seoul), Hi & Lo (2008, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo).