by Hiromart Gallery Tokyo Location: Hiromart Gallery Tokyo
Artist(s): Ki Yoon Ko + Igor Maier
Date: 15 Jul - 28 Aug 2011
Hiromart Gallery is pleased to invite you to the upcoming show "Vale Tudo" - the latest collaborative art works by Ki Yoon Ko and Igor Maier. This is their second show at Hiromart Gallery, following their successful debut show in Japan "1+1=ONE" held last summer. The art works has a different flavor from their solo works.
The collaborative artwork series that started by Ki Yoon Ko as the project in 2009. KIGOR is one of the series that continues and attracts many people in Europe and North America through their regular exhibits. Take two and make into one – this basically means to combine two different style of artist to create a piece of Art without any boundaries. So that there is no title on paintings, no limits but a motif. Since Igor Maier is a big fan of MMA and it’s a big tradition in Japan, this time they named the title of the show as “Vale tudo” - means “No rules” in English. The motif in this show is the fighters - athlete body, these bling-bling mystic, almost sacred suit.