2024.10.4 fri. – 2024.10.27 sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Color is an act of light. It is an act, an act of suffering.\u201d
Goethe, Theory of Color<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mitobe, who has been visualizing identities of race and sexuality as well as social and economic structures through the motif of the human \u201cface,\u201d has been further exploring the perception and visualization of color since 2022, when he went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This exhibition will feature paintings that confront the symbolism of color and attempt once again to \u201cliberate color\u201d through painting and its physicality, centered on the actual issue of the attack on former U.S. President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is not the first time that Mitobe has painted a portrait of Trump. After witnessing the movement to link Trump, who suffered an ear injury after the attack, to Vincent van Gogh, Mitobe focused on the intersection of his personal resonance with van Gogh, which was his starting point, and former President Trump as a symbol of the social issues facing countries around the world. The realities and symbolism of these issues are reflected in the media and the media’s ability to communicate them. What kind of light is irradiating these realities and symbols through media and communication, creating and dissociating them at the same time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Newton elucidated color from the spectrum of light, Goethe defined both light and darkness as the elements that produce color, and taught that \u201ccolor exists at the boundary between light and darkness. We invite you to view this new series, which was born from his confrontation and creative struggle with his internal circumstances and social situation as an artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Text: Kutsuko Suzuki<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outline of the exhibition
Title: Trump’s ears are like Van Gogh’s (I also.)
Artist Name: Nanae Mitobe
Dates: 2024.10.4 fri. – 2024.10.27 sun.
Open:13:00-19:00 Thu-Sun Closed on Mon, Tue, and Wed
Venue: HARUKAITO by ISLAND
Address: BLOCK HOUSE 2F, 6-12-9 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Organizer: ISLAND Japan Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concurrent Events
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Artist Name : Nanae Mitobe
Dates: 2024.10.4 Fri. – 2024.10.27 sun.
Open:13:00-19:00 Thu-Sun Closed on Mon, Tue,and Wed
Venue: BLOCK HOUSE 4F (6-12-9 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer: ATAMI ART LINK DAO LLC
For more information, please see this release.
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