CURRENT EXHIBITION

Collection Exhibition "NISHIAZABU METABOLISM"

Date

2024/4/5(Fri）・4/6(Sat)
2024/4/17 (Wed)〜4/26(Fri)

Open

4/5(Fri）・4/6(Sat)
13:00-21:00

4/17 (Wed)〜4/26(Fri)
13:00-19:00
OPEN : Wednesday ~ Saturday, last day is Friday, 26th

CALM & PUNK GALLERY is pleased to announce “NISHIAZABU METABOLISM” from 17 (Wed) to 26 (Fri) April.The exhibition features works selected by the director of CALM & PUNK GALLERY and GASBON METABOLISM from their unique collection.

　After opening the multi-purpose facility GASBON METABOLISM in Hokuto, Yamanashi, in August 2022, Gas as Interface Ltd, which also operates CALM & PUNK GALLERY, runs it as a venue for more than 10 planned exhibitions a year and for art festivals and awards as well as a place for many artists to showcase their work. It is also run as a studio for local and international artists.
　
　This exhibition features an interactive artwork created by MSHR, an art collective from Portland, USA, during their residency at GASBON METABOLISM, which incorporates light and sound into feedback circuits for the viewer to experience. The exhibition will also feature prints by Keisei Kobayashi, a leading Japanese woodblock print artist, as well as works from GASBON METABOLISM’s collections and those presented in previous exhibitions in Yamanashi.

【MSHR】
MSHR was formed as an artist collective by Beach Cooper and Blaina Murphy. MSHR’s works and performances are constructed around self-made electronic music systems and analog synthesizers that incorporate light and movement into feedback circuits. The resulting new forms function as a navigation system that indicates the direction of the movement.
・Links
MSHR WEB : https://www.mshr.info/

Beach Cooper WEB : http://birchcooper.net
Beach Cooper Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/nestedface/

Blaina Murphy WEB : https://lattice.tools/
Blaina Murphy Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/liquidtransmitter/

【Keisei Kobayashi】
Kobayashi has devoted his long career as an artist to expressing himself using the woodblock printmaking technique called koguchi-mokuhan. The process of repeatedly carving very fine lines requires patience and time. The exquisiteness of Kobayashi’s pictorial space and the multiply composed motifs invite the viewer to enter deeply into the world of his work.

【Yuma Yoshimura】
Born in Tokyo in 1980.
Graduated from the Painting Department of Tama Art University in 2004.
While exploring the relationship between his inner self and the outside world, he creates two-dimensional and semi-3-dimensional works and installations using elements such as shape, scene, and material. Since 2021, he started running the alternative space “MONO.LOGUES”.
・Links
WEB : https://yumanizumu.jp/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/yuma_yoshimura/

【Kenta SENEKT】
Born in Kyoto, Japan, Kenta SENEKT mixes daily feelings and events, such as the intimacy of friendship, separated memories, and snapshots that hold them together, and reflects in his works. 2013 – 2017 After a period of working abroad, including Melbourne and Berlin in 2018, he is currently based in Osaka.
・Links
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kenta_senekt

【Jonathan Zawada】
Born in Australia in 1981. Jonathan Zawada is an artist known for his multifaceted approach that uses both analog and digital techniques in his work. His world, centered on the intersection and blending of artificial and natural objects, is hyper-realistic, elaborate, intricately detailed, yet bold and dynamic.
・Links
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/zawhatthe/