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Kiyoshi Hamada

KIYOSHI HAMADA

Strata of Memory - Light and Shadow - √K Contemporary 19 September–24 October 2020 Tokyo
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√K Contemporary is proud to present Hamada’s third major solo exhibition, Strata of Memory - Light and Shadow.

Following his solo exhibitions at Kashima Arts (Kyobashi, Tokyo, 2016) and Nerima Art Museum (Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 2015), Kiyoshi Hamada has since participated in international art fairs, receiving much global acclaim.

Born in Kochi prefecture, Hamada was inspired by the light and darkness of his hometown’s seascapes. While he is now past 80 years old, every day, he continues his vigorous but quiet, repetitive process of production. Akin to ideas of eternal return, the perpetuity of Hamada’s labourious artistic process births new, phenomenological motifs for the artist. Echoing a sense of acceptance, this new series is Hamada’s triumph; his successful manifestation of a, once, vague memory, and creation and control of light and shadow. Like how eyes must adapt to the darkness, these works capture, adjust, and express subtle variations in light as a way to explore the monochromatic. Unifying existence and non-existence, these works form as three-dimensional extensions of a new world.

The unification of polarities. Consolidations of light and shadow, symbolic to ideas of Yin and Yang.

As Hamada’s newest endeavour, this series reflects the artist’s constant endeavour to innovate and produce new systems and values for his work.

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About the Artist

Kiyoshi Hamada was born in 1937 in Kochi, Japan. Following graduation from Tama Art University in 1961, Hamada became acquainted with leading post-war Japan avant-garde artists, such as Yoshishige Saito, and began pursuing abstract modes of production. He was awarded an Honourable Mention at the Osaka Biennale of Prints Competition of 1977 and, with much acclaim, has been active in various domestic and international exhibitions. In 2015, he held a solo exhibition, The Legacy of Kiyoshi Hamada – Paintings of Layering and Erasing, at the Nerima Art Museum. With great promise, Hamada’s oeuvre has developed over time. Nevertheless, from his iconic Drawing series to his recent monochrome semi-cultural works, Hamada’s preoccupation with the ‘systems’ of production has remained essential to his work.

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√K Contemporary (Root K Contemporary) is a contemporary art gallery based in Kagurazaka—an historic Edo-period area of Tokyo rich in art and culture.

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K Contemporary contemporary art gallery in Tokyo Japan
√K Contemporary
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