CLOSE YET FAR | KABEKUI | Artemin gallery & Elsa Gallery 雲清藝術

KABEKUI

CLOSE YET FAR | KABEKUI | ARTEMIN GALLERY & ELSA GALLERY

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