Rikako Kawauchi
human closely
2023.3.26(Sun) - 2023.4.24(Mon)
Lurf Museum is pleased to present "human closely," a solo exhibition by artist Rikako Kawauchi. The exhibition features approximately 30 large-scale drawings and canvas works, as well as three neon works.
Additionally, N&A Art SITE (Nakameguro, Tokyo) will be holding the exhibition <NANJO SELECTION vol.1> Rikako Kawauchi "line & colors" from Saturday, March 25th to Thursday, April 27th. Please enjoy the world of Rikako Kawauchi's work in both locations.
Rikako Kawauchi solo exhibition "human closely"
Dates | March 26th (Sun) - April 24th (Mon) 2023 *Irregular holidays Venue | Lurf MUSEUM / Roof Museum 1st and 2nd floors
Time｜11:00 -19:00
Address: Roob1, 28-13 Sarugakucho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033
Admission: Free Opening Reception: Sunday, March 26, 2023, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (artist will be present)
Cooperation: WAITINGROOM
*Exhibited works will be for sale (some works are not for sale)
*Purchase of artworks requires application.
[Application for sales work]
The works in question will be announced at the Lurf MUSEUM exhibition venue or on the website.
Please note that the reception and application procedures differ between the exhibition venue and the website.
▼Exhibition venue application application period: March 26th (Sun) 2023 11:00 to April 7th (Fri) 19:00
▼Website Application acceptance period: Sunday, March 26, 2023, 11:00 to Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 12:00 noon Application period: Sunday, March 26, 2023, 11:00 to Friday, April 7, 2023, 23:59
*Website applications require two procedures: "reception" and "application."
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Online registration closed at 12:00 on Wednesday, April 5th.
In-store applications will be accepted until 7:00 PM on Friday, April 7th.
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[Artist Statement]
With a suppressed impulse, I paint.
He paints quickly, but he doesn't rely on momentum or movement. However, there is no set path. A thought process that seems understandable but isn't, seems intentional but isn't, seems explainable but can't be explained, crystallizes in his work.
It is a chaotic chain of complex meanings, sensations, consciousness, unconsciousness, language and images. It seems like a natural form, and I would like to head there.
Now, I would like to write about the title of this exhibition here.
I use a variety of media, including drawings, paintings, and three-dimensional works using wire and neon lights, to create works that reflect the local context, using different materials and techniques.
Drawings have a spatiality that is unique to the materials and quality of the drawings, and the same is true for paintings.
The images that appeared in the drawings are beginning to appear in the paintings as well, and one begins to sense a common spatiality that transcends the differences in materials between the drawings and paintings.
The world of the drawing begins to be integrated into the material of the painting, and the image of the painting also intertwines with it. The world of the drawing comes close to the painting, and the two seem to walk hand in hand.
The title of this exhibition is "human closely," as the images and space of the drawings steadily approach painting.
What kind of scenery would we see if these parallel lines were to merge into one?
-Rikako Kawauchi
【profile】
Rikako Kawauchi | Rikako Kawauchi
Born in Tokyo in 1990. Graduated from Tama Art University Graduate School, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, majoring in oil painting in 2017. Currently based in Tokyo.
Kawauchi is an artist whose work, starting from an interest in food and centered on the ambiguity of the relationship between the body and thought, uses the self and other as motifs that appear and disappear in the communication where various elements such as food, conversation and sex interact, across a wide range of media, including drawings, paintings, wire, rubber tubing, resin and neon tubes. Kawauchi says that by drawing through his work, he is able to capture within lines the elusive movements of the body and the invisible movements of thought.
Born in Tokyo in 1990
2015 Graduated from Tama Art University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Majoring in Oil Painting
Graduated from Tama Art University Graduate School, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Research Area in 2017. Currently based in Tokyo.
