The chaos of composed brushstrokes. Brilliant light flickering across the scene, colored midnight blue. Using his own body as a barometer, Tsuyoshi Higashijima constructs his own unique pictorial spaces with constant introspection, applying both instinctive perception and expressive perception, and as a painter, gives Japanese abstract painting more traction. An overwhelming presence with a delicate Japanese sensibility, his work challenges the concept of the tableau, and has been highly regarded nationally and internationally since the late 90s. With “Ambiguous Virtue” as the theme, he continues to seek new means of expression and pursue more possibilities in painting, as well as in life. In his most recent work, thoughts on wounds and death are expressed through traces of creasing in the canvas, casting “A Pool of Unknown Light”. The fundamental concept while producing the work is“to read light from the shadows,” and thereby reshaping the structure of painting, which is why Higashijima is at the helm, steering through a sea of color, or out of a mud pile, and towards a new hope and future.

Artist Talk | 2015.11.23 (Wed), 13:30 (Multimedia Room)

Workshop | 2015.11.22 (Thu), 13:30 (Multimedia Room)