Yoshida Akira and Ishikawa Kazuharu “Two ways towards...”

The exhibition Two ways towards... is of seemingly two opposite artists Yoshida Akira and Ishikawa Kazuharu. Their styles of expression are completely different; in both techniques and practices.

While Yoshida mainly uses FRP in his “hard” plastic sculpture to depict social problems, Ishikawa instead uses “soft” thread to illustrate the warm, day-to-day sceneries. At a glance, they might seem like artists with completely opposite form of artistic practice, however what they have in common is that they both try to convey the “present” world that we are all currently living in.

The title of the exhibition Two ways towards... holds a meaning about not only “beyond the two different production techniques” but also, “creating an unknown new world by placing two artists in a single space.”

Hope you enjoy the wonderous harmony created by these two artists.

Works

Yoshida Akira
Inu Hariko Black Occupied
2019
Fiberglass reinforced plastic, urethane and lacquer paint, coloring with airbrush
300 x 300 x 150 mm

Inu Hariko Occupied Tokyo
2019
Fiberglass reinforced plastic, urethane and lacquer paint, coloring with airbrush
930 x 880 x 420 mm

Inu Hariko JPNSDF Pink
2019
Fiberglass reinforced plastic, urethane and lacquer paint, coloring with airbrush
300 x 300 x 150 mm

Yoshida Akira
Inu Hariko Black Occupied
2019
Fiberglass reinforced plastic, urethane and lacquer paint, coloring with airbrush
300 x 300 x 150 mm

Inu Hariko Occupied Tokyo
2019
Fiberglass reinforced plastic, urethane and lacquer paint, coloring with airbrush
930 x 880 x 420 mm

Inu Hariko JPNSDF Pink
2019
Fiberglass reinforced plastic, urethane and lacquer paint, coloring with airbrush
300 x 300 x 150 mm

Courtesy: artists and YUKARI ART

Opening Party

Date & Time: 18:00-20:00, Friday, January 10, 2020
Venue: Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery
Admission: Free

Yoshida Akira

Born 1976 in Kanagawa. Graduated from Tama Art University as an undergraduate of fine arts, majoring in sculpture. Yoshida has primarily created three-dimensional works using fibre-reinforced plastic material with delicately airbrushed paint applied over. His works, which depict the problems and contradictions of modern society in a satirical yet graceful manner, may seem familiar and charming at first glance, but always contain a sense of irony that makes the audience thrilled at a viewing. The works are permanently exhibited at City One Station for Hong Kong’s largest railroad company (MTR), as well as being active in public art field, such as having produced the “Maneki-Neko (treasure cat)” at the West Ginza Chance Center, one of the most popular lottery stands in Japan.

Ishikawa Kazuharu

Born 1977 in Nara. Graduated from Tama Art University as an undergraduate of fine arts, majoring in oil painting. Ishikawa is an artist who draws simple, everyday sceneries using “thread” as a choice of media, on not just canvas, but also on various surfaces like glass and on outdoor walls. The public works of art, such as the one done on the outer walls of private houses scattered around the art island of Naoshima in Kagawa Prefecture blend in, integrating into the atmosphere as if they naturally belong there.
He named the project of going to various places, and creating works that fit that certain location “Senno Tabi” or “Journey of lines.” With such movement, he hopes that the lines brought forth and left over will transcend beyond generations and borders to connect the hearts of as many different people as possible. His scope of activity is wide-ranging including works done right onto the show window of agnès b. Aoyama store, to designing the cover of K-pop star’s album jacket.