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We are pleased to announce the launch of Satoshi SOMEYA’s solo exhibition “Uragaeritainotameni” (For the longing to be inside-out). It is going to be our first opportunity to hold his solo exhibition at imura art gallery kyoto in 2 years.

SOMEYA has completed the Ph.D. program without dissertation at Kyoto City University of Arts this spring. He has been particularly spotlighted recent years that he attended exhibitions of “The Power of Decoration – A viewpoint on Contemporary Kogei,” (The National Museum of Modern Art (Craft gallery), Tokyo) in 2009, “Delicious Art in SATOYAMA,” (Matsudai NOUBUTAI, Niigata) in 2010, “Kan-hikari expo,” (Entsuu-ji Temple, Nijo Castle, Kyoto) in 2010, “ZIPANGU,” (Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Osaka Takashimaya, Kyoto Takashimaya), “The new form of Japanese lacquer,” (The Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Hyogo) and “Lacquer Festival, Aizu Yell for Tohoku ,” (Aizu-Wakamatsu city, Kitakata city, Fukushima) in 2011.

Someya produces his art works by applying dry-lacquer technique, building the base with clay, covering its surface with lacquer and borrowing motifs from the figure of objects or livings.

The artist’s daily life and interests, letters, patterns and manga images are drawn on the surface by Nishiki-e, one of the decorating techniques of lacquer craft.

The decorations of Someya’s works entertain the viewes’ eyes, incorporating the traditional lacquer techniques, styles, and his modern sensitivity. Through creation of works which makes the artist to be confronted with the strict restriction of time and environment the medium forces, he understands the possibility that the medium possesses, and have been executing a varied characterized works. His works embody a various objects, such as Lacquer bowl, sushi tray, bathroom chair, household Shinto shelf, rice, human’s hair, branch, accessory and etc., which shows Someya’s unique esthetic sense and playful spirit. By all the means of exhibiting space, exhibiting way, titles of the works and nuance of words, he presents his very own originality under the coherent theme of “decoration”. He says he has been trying to keep the feeling of “playing” with lacquer while making works these days. He has been more conscious of human body through the moist touch of lacquer like that of smooth skin, and he says he started to perceive spots, scars and wrinkles on skin as part of decorations. The new works indicates round line of female bodies and intertwining bodies, which gives sensual impression to the works. 

He titled the exhibition “For the longing to be inside-out”.

“The act of creating works is like making myself inside-out and searching the inner self to me, or it would be fun if I could create works that way. But I’m still in the middle of exploration. That is why the title is.”                         Satoshi Someya

Someya is also going to be participated in ZIPANGU, showing from 28th September – 10th October, 2011  at Kyoto Takashimaya.

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Satoshi SOMEYA solo exhibition "Uragaeritainotameni"

2011年10月1日(土)〜10月29日(土)