Press Release

VILLEPIN is pleased to announce the first presentation of Yukimasa Ida’s work at K11 MUSEA, coinciding with Hong Kong’s Art Month. This exhibition introduces Ida’s distinctive approach to painting, defined by fluidity, intuition, and continual transformation. Working with instinct and speed, he resists the notion of a fixed image, allowing forms to blur, dissolve, and reappear. His figures hover between presence and disappearance, suspended in a state of becoming.

Drawing from fleeting encounters and the quiet weight of everyday moments, Ida’s paintings reflect on memory, loss, connection, and impermanence. Rooted in the philosophy of ichi‑go ichi‑e—one time, one meeting—each work captures an unrepeatable moment.

Presented in Hong Kong, a city of intensity and perpetual reinvention, Ida’s practice finds a natural resonance. His paintings, layered and alive with movement, invite us to recognise the beauty of what is passing. The exhibition itself becomes one such encounter.

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About the Artist

Born and raised in the idyllic seaside town of Tottori in southwest Japan, the Millennial painter is perhaps best known as the message-bearer of the Zen-influenced Japanese philosophy of “ichi-go ichi-e”, which originated in the island nation’s elaborate tea ceremony. Literally meaning “a once-in-a-lifetime moment”, the four-character idiom encapsulates the transience of life, and hence the importance of cherishing the unrepeatable nature of a fleeting moment, for it never comes around twice. Ida’s distinctive style has its roots in his hometown of “ocean, mountain, and rivers”, while his artistic outlook was further informed by a horizon-widening trip to the Indian subcontinent, as well as the loss of close friends and family members. He trained himself to draw quickly, at once disassociating and reappropriating traditional painting techniques. With a spatula or his bare hands, Ida stretches paste on the surface to capture the moment, the ephemeral. In so doing, he intentionally leaves the subject-matter, background, and indeed composition in the limbo between completion and incompletion. Ida crystallises the moment by distorting forms and figuration, for memory has no form other than fluidity. Exhibiting rich impasto and flurries of vibrant colours, this burgeoning young artist’s paintings are vivid snapshots in time.

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About the Gallery
Shaped by Dominique and Arthur de Villepin’s passion for art, Villepin is a new gallery model created by collectors for collectors. Founded in 2019 in Hong Kong, Villepin is specialized in selected important artists, estates and foundations, advocating their work through carefully curated exhibitions while bridging them with the leading collectors and institutions in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. Beyond its gallery walls, Villepin also acts as curator for exhibitions in museums and institutions.

Each exhibition at Villepin is based on in-depth scholarship and offers a unique experience to immerse visitors in the life and art of each artist. Previous exhibitions have also produced special bilingual publications that include original essays and curatorial research. Artists presented by Villepin include Zao Wou-Ki, Myonghi Kang, Pierre Soulages, Georges Mathieu and Hans Hartung among others.

As curator and advisor to a close community of collectors, Villepin is focused on education and promoting scholarship of its artists through intimate salons and collaborations with leading institutions, foundations, universities and museums. Through their extensive experience in building close friendships with artists, the father-son partnership aims to share their expertise, encourage dialogue, and support collectors in building long-lasting relationships with artists, who are at the heart of Villepin’s initiatives.
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