木原幸志郎個展「うごいて、つかめない」

ARTDYNE has relocated to Nihonbashi Kayabacho, close to the financial hub of the city, and will reopen for business on Saturday 15 April. As a first step, Koshiro Kihara will present his first solo exhibition in Tokyo, ”Ugoite, Tsukamenai” from 15 Apr (Sat) to 7 May (Sun), 2023.

Kihara Koshiro was born in 1997 in Hyogo Prefecture as the elder brother of identical twins, and completed his postgraduate studies in Fine Arts at Onomichi City University in 2022. He currently works with his twin brother, Kenshiro Kihara, in a joint studio in Hyogo.

The mysterious mollusc-like motifs painted by Kihara give the viewer a sense of frustration, as they have clear contours but no real substance. The paintings, with their peculiar shapes, vivid colours and glossy surfaces, seem smooth and wet, evoking a certain eroticism, drawing in and out the viewer’s gaze as if they were breathing.

In these mysterious works, which bring about a strange sense of familiarity and a faint sense of guilt, Kihara has consistently attempted to coexist the opposing elements of abstraction and figuration. By exploring the various spaces where opposites such as ‘fact’ vs. ‘fiction’, ‘moment’ vs. ‘eternity’ intersect, and by attempting to reduce them to two dimensions, he attempts to show the existence of a realm that cannot be expressed in words.

In his first solo exhibition in Tokyo, Kohshiro Kihara will present eight oil paintings, including a 100-size canvas. We hope you will take this opportunity to view and appreciate the works.

As a second part of the opening, a solo exhibition by Kihara’s twin brother, Kenshiro Kihara, will be presented from 13 May (Sat). We look forward to seeing you there too.

Artist Statement

What is it that I am depicting? Are they ‘reality’ or ‘fiction’? And are they ‘figurative’ or ‘abstract’? My work moves back and forth between various complex dichotomies, including ‘figurative’ and ‘abstract’. These two opposing elements are as fluid and unstable as the motifs I depict, and are constantly shifting within the picture plane. What I want to depict is the unspoken and elusive fluctuation itself.

Koshiro Kihara