Whitestone Gallery Karuizawa is holding an exhibition of works from the gallery's collection, "Abstract and Concrete - Two Perspectives Drawn by Ink."
Will be held.

Ink painting is an art form that has long been rooted in the traditional culture of East Asia, but it is also gaining attention in the contemporary art scene.
The properties of ink give depth to works of art. This material has been used by many artists from the past to the present in a variety of ways.
This exhibition will feature ink works by two artists with different styles, Kiro Uehara and Yu Kawashima.

Through the two different approaches of "abstract" and "concrete" that are the expressive forms of each work, we will explore what kind of expressions the material ink can produce.

Influenced by Surrealism, an art movement characterized by fantastical expression, Uehara Kiro creates abstract paintings using ink, employing techniques developed during this movement, such as decalcomania, frottage, and stamps, to create an aleatory style of expression, thus expanding the expressive range of ink painting.
His works are traditional ink paintings, yet express a modern sensibility.　

Kawashima Yu's works are characterized by detailed, precise depictions and textured expressions drawn with ink and mineral pigments, and are lifelike and realistic. In particular, his representative series of works featuring girls as motifs are the opposite of realistic expressions, and he creates imaginary portraits that do not exist anywhere in reality.
Kawashima portrays the anxieties and emptiness of modern society through his works, and the images of the girls he depicts in his works also contain resemblances of the artist himself.

At first glance, the works of these two artists appear to have opposing methods of expression and to have no relation to one another. However, while using the traditional material of ink, they seek new forms of expression, depicting modern society and new forms of expression while at the same time creating the profound beauty of ink and the blank spaces it embodies.

Through this exhibition, we hope you will enjoy the moments when different expressions and sensibilities resonate with each other.

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