AishoNanzuka is pleased to present the solo exhibition of Kazuma Koike, Eclipse, in Hong Kong.
Kazuma Koike was born in Kanagawa in 1980 and spent his boyhood in Buenos Aires from 1986 to 1992, also in Barcelona from 1995 to 1998. After came back to Japan, he graduated from Sculpture course at Nihon university colleague of art. In 2013, he left Kanagawa where was a base of his career, now he is working in Osaka.
Koike has presented an exceptional sensibility by working in a wide variety of media, such as painting, water-color painting, sculpture and video works. Even though he was born in Japan, he may make his own unique sensibility from the experience of living abroad, South America and Europe, when he was at a sensitive age. Koike has shown his image by detaching things we saw in our daily lives from context (Background), presenting their relationship in a skillful, arranged way, providing a unique tension in his works.
In this exhibition, Koike limited his works on idols, plants, geometric patterns instead of daily motifs he usually use. With the cooperation of those motifs with each other, Koike presents his works with a new born theme, Silence. He kept the same norm and concept yet expressing them in a brand new style differs from before. “I saw the same Buddha at a temple and a museum. You can only see the front side of the Buddha at the temple but you can see the Buddha in a clearer, nearer way at the museum. The religious meaning of the Buddha saw at the museum was diminished. I felt the possibility of expressing this.” He said.
Time passes by, damages and worn, meaning and memory no longer exists in relic and scenery. “Silence” showing the past, at the same time, indicating the future. Koike style of “Silence” is what information or images jump out from daily live, the relation in between things and people changed into something more pure while implying the future.
The artist will come to Hong Kong for this exhibition. We will have an opening reception with the artist on 9th January. We sincerely welcome you to join us.
