KISHO KAKUTANI, YUDAI TAKEUCHI

By introducing noise-like elements resembling ‘frosted glass’ and a ‘curtain’ between the realistic landscapes in the background and the viewers, Kisho Kakutani develops unique artistic idioms. These idioms encourage us to immerse ourselves further into imagination, exploring our ambiguous reality in which clamour and silence are oddly synchronised.

With ‘standing in awe of getting old’ as his underlying theme, Yudai Takeuchi reveals the dynamism wriggling inside human beings through bold brushstrokes and a delicate sense of coloration. His frequent use of ‘black’ transcends the realm of colour, eroding our visual sense as if it were a motif suggesting a modulation in music.

Though their styles are completely different, we can derive from the two artists a suggestion of unexpected cracks hidden in everyday life, which can also be interpreted as an ‘alert to our inertia of overlooking’.

When the moment is cut out, the story begins.

From the ‘uneven ordinariness’ extracted by the two unusual talents, innumerable spacetime journeys arise.

We cordially invite you to come and explore the abyss of daily life you have never seen before.