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STROKE BY JUN INOUE & SHUN KAWAKAMI MAR 31 - APR 16
P ublis hed by Backwoods G alle ry, Au stra l i a Curator, Se an C arroll & A lexan de r M itc h e l l A ss istant cu rator, Tom G rove s
Fo r S a l e s i n fo @ b a c kwo o d s g a l l e r y.co m ( 03 ) 9 041 3 6 06
www. backwoodsgalle ry.com
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STROKE BY JUN INOUE & SHUN KAWAKAMI
expression in the late Muromachi period (15th
Is there some way to modernize and revive
Around the same time in the centre of Tokyo,
Century) brought popularity to Zen. The spiritual
traditional Japanese aesthetics? Could an artist,
graphic designer Shun Kawakami began to apply
influence of Zen brought an interconnected
drawing on tradition, create something that
Shibui and Iki aesthetic to digital collage and
sense between humanity and nature. It is the
will inspire Japanese artists and designers to
typography. His studio was formed and based
organic aesthetic that comes to our minds when
embrace their cultural history. Is there a new
on this principle of “tradition” and now is one
we think of ‘traditional’ Japanese art. It is called
era of contemporary, Japanese aesthetics on
of Tokyo’s most highly awarded design and
Modern Japanese culture is, at times, a
wabi-sabi; It is Ikebana; It is “mono no aware”,
the horizon? These are the questions that two
architecture firms, with clients ranging from the
frenetic mash-up of international influences.
‘the awareness of things’. It is the Japanese tea
prominent Japanese artists, from two very
Microsoft to Issey Miyake.
Advertisements from Coca-Cola, Supreme and
ceremony. It is Zen. It is best described as the
different backgrounds, asked themselves before
Mercedes illuminate Tokyo’s streets; L.A slang
term ‘Shibui’.
starting careers which now seem poised to find
In this debut collaboration between Jun Inoue
the answers.
& Shun Kawakami, STROKE is their first joint
infects the language; all while Andy Warhol mixes with Francis Bacon to inspire Takeshi
Despite ubiquity and cultural importance,
Murakami.
emerging Japanese artists in the 90’s and 2000’s
During the mid 2000’s, graffiti artist Jun Inoue
Japanese aesthetics. Stroke consists of a live
started to view traditional Japanese aesthetics as
from Kanagawa began taking inspiration from
painting event at MONA, a food / music / art
Hidden within the manic expression of Western
kitsch and antiquated. They cast it aside, eager to
his grandfather, a Zen monk and calligrapher.
performance in collaboration with NEKO NEKO
iconography, there is something uniquely
join the global artistic narrative that swelled to
Jun’s expressive calligraphic approach to street
and a large, free, exhibition of paintings, prints
Japanese; a cultural tradition behind the
dominance during the rise of the internet. Since then
art has made him one of Tokyo’s leading artists
and installations at Backwoods Gallery.
aesthetic framework. This ‘something’ has roots
Shibui has fallen out of vogue, slipping into it’s current
as he stands centre stage at Paris Fashion Week.
as far back as Buddhiusm’s influence in Nara
position as an invisible framework from which Japan
The exhibition will be on display, at Backwoods
period (8th Century), when the flowering of
processes western iconography.
Gallery, from the 31st of March until the 14th April.
effort to convey their vision for contemporary
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mo n o n o awa re
STROKE BY JUN INOUE & SHUN KAWAKAMI MAR 31 - APR 16
P ublis hed by Backwoods G alle ry, Au stra l i a Curator, Se an C arroll & A lexan de r M itc h e l l A ss istant cu rator, Tom G rove s
Fo r S a l e s i n fo @ b a c kwo o d s g a l l e r y.co m ( 03 ) 9 041 3 6 06
www. backwoodsgalle ry.com
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B AC KWO O D S G A L L E R Y 25 EASEY STR EET, COLLI N GWOOD, VI CTOR I A , AUSTR A LI A