At the Pola Museum Annex (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo), the artist Hideki Kimura's exhibition "Hideki Kimura EXHIBITION-Adult Street Art-" will be held from Friday, June 16, 2023 to Sunday, July 30, 2023. To do.
Hideki Kimura has been active as a producer since the dawn of rock music in Japan, and has a unique career that he took up the brush in 2002 on his 60th birthday. Many of his works have been drawn in the streets of the city, from the fusuma paintings of Kyoto's Shoren-in Monzeki Kachoden to Kansai International Airport, Kyoto City Zoo, and murals of commercial facilities. Carp, peonies, peacocks, and other motifs that have been used in traditional Japanese art dance expressively in eye-popping colors. It is rich in rhythm and dynamism that can be expressed because of it.
Left: "Carp is Dragon in Heaven" 2023, hemp canvas, 2000 x 700mm Right: Portrait of Hideki Kimura
Kimura's insistence, "I want to paint in a 'live' city, rather than going to the canvas in my atelier," makes it a rare opportunity to present at an exhibition facility like this one. In this exhibition, more than 50 new works and past large-scale works such as fusuma paintings will be exhibited, as well as the wooden door "Reviving lotus" made at the request of actress Kirin Kiki. In addition, for five days from the first day of the exhibition, Hideki Kimura's new work over 3 meters will be exhibited at the venue. Please take a look at Hideki Kimura's worldview, which is unbounded by anything, rock and playful, which stands out by meeting the POLA MUSEUM ANNEX.
"Sunflower" 2023, acrylic paint on hemp-wrapped canvas, Φ530mm
《Exhibition Overview》
Exhibition name: Hideki Kimura EXHIBITION -Street art for adults-
Date: June 16th (Friday) to July 30th (Sunday), 2023 * Open every day during the exhibition Hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (admission until 18:30)
Admission: Free Venue: Pola Museum Annex (Pola Ginza Building 3F, 1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, 104-0061)
Access: Tokyo Metro Ginza 1-chome Station Exit 7 / 6 minute walk from Tokyo Metro Ginza Station Exit A9 Organizer: POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.
URL: https://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/
Public production: June 16th (Friday) to June 20th (Tuesday) 13:00 – 15:00 *The work is scheduled to be completed on June 20th (Tuesday).
* Details will be announced on the website at a later date. Please check before visiting.
"Kingfisher by the Lotus pond" 2022, acrylic paint on hemp-wrapped canvas, 606×727mm
writer statement
81-Year-Old Street Painter Graffiti, Tattoos, Art.
A five-year-old child was drawing with chalk and wax on the roadside.
good! good! A crowd gathers at the call of the sisters who agitate.
Toddlers just, just proudly draw life-size pictures.
and respond to requests.
That toddler becomes a lecturer at an art university. For some reason, a rock event producer.
Then, from the 60th birthday, I will reach the street painter again.
It's not a Japanese painting, it's not a Western painting, it's not a design.
Start drawing jumbled pictures.
If I dare say it, it may be a Japanese style because it is a picture drawn by me who is Japanese.
Hideki Kimura https://ki-yan.com/
Born in Izumiotsu City, Osaka Prefecture in 1942. After graduating from the design department of Kyoto City University of Arts, worked as a lecturer at the same university. Produced numerous legendary events as an organizer in the early days of rock music in Japan. A painter from the 60th birthday. He has created more than 200 murals in Japan and overseas. The half-life that has been with rock is also shown on the screen full of dynamism. I want to paint in a 'live' city, instead of going to the canvas in my atelier. A unique painter who advocates the ultimate amateurism.
[Pola Museum Annex] From the press release
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