Cityscape

The recent works of Katsumi Hayakawa are three-dimensional installations and wall works made out of paper and glue. The pieces are initially read as a whole - a pulsating arrangement of regular shapes and volume - then as an assemblage of individual components that make up the holistic sculpture, systems of patterns and motifs emerge from the collective.

Jaye Moon's Lunchbox series, which we are going to represent at the booth, made out of Legos emphases the transformation of contemporary life style into an increasingly portable mode. The architecturally inspired sculptures reconstruct daily life in accordance with technological advancements and the place their situations in reality. Through the use of fluorescent plexiglas, the insides of the boxes appear to be lit up. 

Tomoyasu Murata began his work on producing puppet animations after being inspired by the traditional Japanese puppet theatre, Bunraku. Murata employs puppet animation in an expressive way, allowing viewers to experience it with their eyes, ears, sense of touch and even in the air. He has consistently strived to express the idea of Mujo or impermanence in English, which is a very beautiful concept to the Japanese.

Shinnosuke Yoshida represents both nature and the artificial, combining nature with manmade structures such as dams, revetments, and buildings. In his early works, Yoshida depicted peaceful nature against white walls. On the surface, the combination of nature and the artificial objects, conjured an image of coexistence. Yet, Yoshida remained constantly aware of the fact that environmental destruction is a negative aspect of humanity. Thus, encountering the consequences of human’s self-centered tendencies in nature induced a deep, candid response from the artist. The works of Yoshida changed after the devastating earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, 2011. Since then, Yoshida clearly depicts the image of a crisis that reminds many of the Japanese Tsunami because of what was experienced on the day of the earthquake.