Kenta Takahashi\u2019s minimalist paintings pare away all that is unnecessary from the canvas and employ the granules of traditional mineral pigments in a way that resembles collections of digital pixels, opening new pathways of expression and challenging the potential limits of Nihonga.<\/p>\n
The paintings on display in this exhibition are composed mainly of silver leaf, evoking the metal plating that forms the core of urban infrastructure. Against that backdrop, lines dance across the canvas in a manner reminiscent of street art.<\/p>\n
Ubiquitous on the walls of our cities, graffiti can only be interpreted by those immersed in the culture of the alleyways that host it, making it function as a sort of indigenous code to some and appear as mere obscenity to everyone else. By rendering motifs in the graffiti style using the traditional materials of Japanese painting, the artist has created works that may prompt viewers to reevaluate the meaning of Nihonga in its present form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kenta Takahashi\u2019s minimalist paintings pare away all that is unnecessary from the canvas and employ the granules of traditional mineral pigments in a way that resembles collections of digital pixels, opening new pathways of expression and challenging the potential limits of Nihonga. The paintings on display in this exhibition are composed mainly of silver leaf, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n