CLOSE YET FAR | KABEKUI | ARTEMIN GALLERY & ELSA GALLERY
東京塗鴉藝術家 KABEKUI 台灣首次個展「CLOSE YET FAR」，於 2022 年 9 月 3 日至 17 日由雲清藝術（Elsa Gallery）與 Artemin Gallery 共同呈現。展出 38 件作品，包括繪畫與他獨特的 2.5D 木製作品，色彩鮮明，也少不了他標誌性的生動角色。
展名「CLOSE YET FAR」借用刺蝟的兩難：對這些小動物來說，靠得太近反而可能傷害彼此。秩序與混亂之間長出了矛盾，刺蝟看似有很多選擇，實際上每個選擇都很難做。這個概念體現在主視覺作品中：KABEKUI 的角色穿梭在一層層深淺不一的板塊之間，以前所未見的複雜方式糾纏在一起。當角色不斷擴張、越過邊界，便形成一個更難拆解的複雜結構。另一個系列可能會讓人想起哆啦 A 夢的「任意門」，但它其實是「某處門」，一個在卡通裡只短暫出現、會把人帶到意想不到地方的道具。每一扇門後，都有一個專屬於觀者、可以自由探索的平行世界。
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Tokyo graffiti artist KABEKUI’s first solo exhibition in Taiwan, “Close Yet Far”, is on view between 3rd – 17th September 2022, presented by Elsa Gallery and ARTEMIN Gallery. The exhibition will showcase 38 pieces of KABEKUI’s art, including paintings and his unique 2.5-dimension wooden works that come with vibrant colours and his iconic, vivid characters.
In the exhibition title “Close Yet Far”, KABEKUI conveys to viewers the dilemma of hedgehogs as getting closer with others may be the cause of harm for these tiny creatures. Paradoxes grow in between order and mess since hedgehogs seem to have many options but it, in fact, is a choice too hard to make. This concept is manifested in the work featured in the key visual, <Dilemma>, where KABEKUI’s characters run past layers of dark and light shade boards and get entangled in a complex way never seen before. As these characters keep expanding and going beyond the limits, a more complicated structure that is harder to break down is formed. As for the <Door/Penetrate> series, it may make us recall Doraemon’s prop Dokodemo-doa (Anywhere Door) while it is actually Dokodaka-doa (Somewhere Door), a prop that appears in the cartoon for a short while and takes people to an unexpected place. Behind these doors, there is always a parallel world that exclusively belongs to viewers and allows them to freely explore.
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CLOSE YET FAR | KABEKUI
@mushinoshirase with @elsagallery__
3 Sep -17 Sep 2022
Tue.- Sat. 12:00-19:00
@elsagallery__ , 台北市大安區樂利路35號
10 5 月, 2023
