Kohei Sekigawa, January 2017
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Kohei Sekigawa, January 2017

Kohei Sekigawa, figure / out Guardian Garden; 11 January to 27 January Meticulously rendered observational drawing carries a certain appreciative respect in the same way that finely carved figurative marble sculptures do. The attention to detail and focused labour required to execute them well is of an Olympian order, so the residue energies of that … Continue reading

ob, January 2017
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ob, January 2017

ob, Lights Shimmering Between Realms Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo; 20 January to 23 February Young, wide-eyed women stand in soft landscapes like ethereal marker points in the paintings of an artist called ‘ob’. An ambient soundscape set the mood of the show, performed lived by Ai Kamano and Kazuki Sugawara, and also worked as the … Continue reading

Yukari Bunya, January 2017
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Yukari Bunya, January 2017

Yukari Bunya, Works 2010-2016 Gallery Jin Projects, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo; 20 January to 12 February Explosive fragmentations of occupied architectural boundaries spill across planar surfaces. High octane momentum is captured in an apparent occlusion of both time-lapse elongation and freeze-frame immediacy. Artist Yukari Bunya manages to channel futurism, axonometrics and intuition in her wonderful … Continue reading