Maki Fine Arts is proud to present "Fountain Mountain," a solo show by Shunsuke Kano, starting Saturday, May 10, 2014. Kano was born in Osaka, Japan in 1983 and now lives and works in Kyoto. His work received much attention during his recent solo show at the Shiseido Gallery-- "shiseido art egg | Jenga and Fountain." This summer, the up-and-coming artist will participate in the group show "Photography Will Be" at the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. (8/1‐9/28)
Kano presents artwork that stimulates the optical senses of the viewer by incorporating "tricks" into surface layers of physical matter. In his representative work series, for example, there is a cube wrapped around with colorful plastic bands. But with closer inspection, viewers will see photos on that surface. The artist wraps plastic bands around the surface, captures the image with a camera, pastes the photo onto the surface, takes another photo, and then repeats the process. His delivery of mixing marble, plywood, and building material with the images of masking tape, clay, stickers, and ink doodles allows viewers to interpret the link between the support medium and the images as well as to read the artist's whimsical humor. This approach artfully chips away at past frameworks of photographic expression and offers the possibility of a fresh approach to how we interpret photographs and images.
Kano's much anticipated second solo show with Maki Fine Arts centers around nearly 15 three-dimensional works including new cube pieces, a brand new series representing his further-evolved polyhedral concept, and much more. Please join us in this exciting event as Kano takes a more drawing-like approach to the creative process.