Art Projects Gallery 4 - 21 September 2014
Unit S510, 5/F, Block A, PMQ 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong Open daily 11am to 8pm
藝途畫廊 2014年9月4日至21日 香港中環鴨巴甸街35號 元創方A座5樓S510 室 每日開放 上午11時至下午8時 3
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CONTENTS Preface
Ray Vees Goh
目録 序 6-7
Co-founder of Art Projects Gallery Works
Accident Life
藝途畫廊聯合創辦人 作品 8-9
Neighbourhood Mikoshi
10 - 11
Jet Yakatabune
14 - 15
Tropical Fish
18 - 19
Deluxe Uninhabited Island Life Conveyor-Belt Sushi Bar The Deluxe Last Train
Wedding Kabuki
12 - 13 16 - 17 20 - 21 22 23
The Tale of Bamboo Cutter
24 - 25
Silvervine Party
28 - 29
Subtle Feeling
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The Eagle Standing Still Praying for The Victory
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Elephant LDK
Influenced Sheep
Spiders Life
敖若威
26 - 27 30 32
遭難Life 町内神輿 高級無人島Life ジェット屋形船 回転寿し 熱帯魚 高級終電車 結婚式 歌舞伎 竹取物語 Elephant LDK マタタビParty ながされやすい羊 微妙な気持ち クモLife ダルマに徹するダルマワシ
Summer Panda
34 - 35
夏パンダ
Biography
36 - 37
履歴 5
Art Projects Gallery is delighted to present Japanese artist
period in Japan three centuries ago, and feature richly de-
Ryota Unno’s inaugural solo exhibition in Hong Kong, titled
tailed cartoon-like people engaged in a range of activities
“Visual Diaries of the Floating World”.
in various scenes. The artist likes to record and capture the little things that he feels are easily forgotten in our
Artist Ryota Unno was trained in the “kaiga” (also known
fast-paced everyday life. Through his paintings or “visual
as “gado”) Japanese painting technique, one of the oldest
diaries”, the artist hopes that the record and rediscovery
and most highly refined of traditional Japanese visual arts.
these captured moments would encourage the audience
While encompassing a wide variety of genres, depictions
to recall and appreciate the little pleasures in life.
of everyday life and narrative scenes crowded with figures and large amounts of details are widely regarded as most
For Ryota, humor is the most important theme of his works
characteristic of Japanese painting, for which Ryota is
as he feels that it exists within everyone in various degrees.
most fascinated with.
Laughter gives energy and it is this quality about humor that the artist would like to express in his works.
The works in Ryota’s latest solo exhibition, “Visual Diaries from the Floating World” at Art Projects Gallery resemble
Ryota Unno was born in 1977, Shizuoka, Japan. Gradu-
traditional Japanese scroll paintings from afar, but upon
ated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Japanese Painting
closer inspection reveals the artist’s humorous depictions
from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
of contemporary society and modern life in Japan.
in year 2004. Ryota has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Japan as well as USA, Brazil, Italy, Taiwan
Painting with traditional Japanese medium such as iwae-
and Singapore.
nogu (natural mineral pigments) and gold foil on Japanese paper, Ryota is influenced by genre paintings of the Edo 6
Goh Ray Vees Co-Founder of Art Projects Gallery
藝途畫廊榮幸舉辦日本藝術家，海野良太，於香港的首度個
對海野良太來說，幽默是他的作品中最重要的主題，因
展《 虛浮世界的視覺日記》。
為他認為“幽默”都在每個人以不同的程度存在著。笑聲能 給予能量，也正是“幽默“所帶來的這種品質，是藝術家想
藝術家海野良太，受教於日本的傳統繪畫藝術技巧──
要在他的作品表達的。
畫道，它是最古老和最高度精製的日本傳統視覺藝術之一。 涵蓋多種體裁，構圖充滿了人物和大量的細節敘事日常生活
場景的描寫被廣泛認為是日本畫的最大特點，這也是藝術家
於東京芸術大学美術学部 日本画科。海野良太曾在日本、
海野良太為之所著迷的。
美國、巴西、義大利、台灣和新加坡展出其作品。
海野良太今次在藝途畫廊的香港首度個展“虛浮世界的
視覺日記“所展示的作品，從遠距離看，貌似日本傳統捲軸
海野良太於1977年，出生於日本静岡市。2004年畢業
敖若威 藝途畫廊－聯合創辦人
畫，但仔細觀察就會發現藝術家對日本現代社會和現代生活 的幽默想像。
利用日本傳統媒介如 iwaenogu “岩繪具”(天然礦物
顏料)、金箔及日本紙，海野良太深受日本三個世紀以前江戶 時代的風俗畫的影響，其細節豐富的卡通般的人物於各種場 景從事各種活動，另海野良太更受感染。藝術家喜歡記錄和 捕捉他覺得很容易在我們快節奏的日常生活中被遺忘的小東 西。通過他的作品或他的“視覺日記”，藝術家希望通過這 些記錄並重新發現所被捕捉的時刻，可以鼓勵觀眾回憶和欣 賞生活中的小樂趣。 7
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遭難Life
Accident Life Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 70 x 140 cm 2014
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町内神輿
Neighbourhood Mikoshi Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 70 x 140 cm 2014
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高級無人島Life
Deluxe Uninhabited Island Life Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 70 x 90 cm 2014
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ジェット屋形船
Jet Yakatabune Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 36 x 85 cm 2013
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回転寿し
Conveyor-Belt Sushi Bar Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 55 x 45 cm 2014
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熱帯魚
Tropical Fish Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 50 x 72 cm 2014 18
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高級終電車
The Deluxe Last Train Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 41 x 93 cm 2014
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結婚式
Wedding Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 70 x 73 cm 2014 22
歌舞伎
Kabuki Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 80 x 45 cm 2014 23
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竹取物語
The Tale of Bamboo Cutter Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 70 x 280 cm 2011
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Elephant LDK Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 91 x 73 cm 2010
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マタタビParty
Silvervine Party Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 50 x 50 cm 2014
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ながされやすい羊
Influenced Sheep Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 40 x 40 cm 2014
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微妙な気持ち
Subtle Feeling Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 40 x 40 cm 2014
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クモLife
Spiders Life Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 73 x 50.5 cm 2010 32
ダルマに徹するダルマワシ
The Eagle Standing Still Praying for The Victory
Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 45.5 x 27.5 cm 2010 33
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夏パンダ
Summer Panda Pigments, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Japanese Paper 30 x 30 cm 2014
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RYOTA UNNO 1977
Born in Shizuoka, Japan
Academic Background 2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Japanese Painting, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
Solo Exhibitions 2014
Visual Diaries of the Floating World, Art Projects Gallery, Hong Kong
2011
TURANDOT Yuusenkyo Akasaka, Tokyo
2013 2010 2009 2008 2007
Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo
Humor, Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo
Unno Ryota, Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions 2014
Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2012
2.46 and thereafter, Washington, DC
2011
Art Apart Fair, Parkroyal on Pickering Hotel, Singapore CIRCULOS TRACADOS, Sao Paulo, Brazil Hierher-Dorthin, Goethe-Institut, Tokyo
MY duo 2011, Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo
2010
Dandans at No Man’s Land, Former France Embassy in Japan
Konsei II, Galeria Deco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2009
2008
2007 2006
ARTSingapore 2010 ARTSingapore 2009
A Midsummer Dream, Chinzanso, Tokyo KunStart, Bolzano, Italy Young Art Taipei, Taipei
Front Lines - Visions from Southeast Asia, Zone Contemporary Art, New York ARTSingapore 2008 The House, Tokyo
Genzai Wayou, Kawasaki, Saikaya, Kanagawa Goenkai, Jinguen, Tokyo
Collection
Chinzanso, Tokyo
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海野 良太 1977
年出生於日本靜岡縣
學術背景 2004 畢業於日本東京國立美術和音樂大學，日本畫系，獲得藝術學士 個展 2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
虛浮世界的視覺日記，藝途畫廊，香港 湘南台畫廊，東京 TURANDOT Yuusenkyo Akasaka ，東京 湘南台畫廊，東京 湘南台畫廊，東京 幽默，湘南台畫廊，東京 海野 良太，湘南台畫廊，東京
聯展 2014 2012 2011 2010 2010 2009 2008 2008 2007 2006
Affordable Art Fair，香港會議展覽中心，香港 Art Apart Fair，皮克林賓樂雅酒店，新加坡 2.46之後，華盛頓特區 CIRCULOS TRACADOS，巴西，聖保羅 Hierher-Dorthin，歌德學院，東京 MY duo 2011， 湘南台畫廊，東京 Dandans在無人之地，前法國駐日本大使館 新加坡藝術博覽會 2010 Konsei II， Galeria Deco，巴西，聖保羅 新加坡藝術博覽會 2009 仲夏夢，Chinzanso，東京 KunStart，意大利,博爾扎諾 台北國際當代藝術博覽會，台北 前線 - 來自東南亞的視野，Zone Contemporary Art，紐約 新加坡藝術博覽會 2008 府，東京 Genzai Wayou，川崎，Saikaya，神奈川 Goenkai，Jinguen，東京
收藏 Chinzanso，東京
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Visual Diaries of the FLoating World by Ryota Unno 虛浮世界的視覺日記 • 海野良太 First published in 2014 by Art Projects Gallery This book was published for the occasion of the exhibition Visual Diaries of the Floating World by Ryota Unno at Art Projects Gallery, Hong Kong, 4 - 21 September 2014 Curated by Ray Vees Goh, Anng Tan Designed by Art Projects Gallery © 2014 Art Projects Gallery and Ryota Unno All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 38