AISHONANZUKA is pleased to present the second solo exhibition of Shuhei Yamada “I AM", in HongKong
Shuhei Yamada, currently based in Tokyo. Through the use of photographs, images, sculptures, collages, and Installations, he presents his works by observing Japanese society, national authority...etc.. Especially in the Armory Show held on 2013, he was the first Japanese artist selected by a focus department with the theme “America” . His novelty biting criticism upon Pacific War had drawn great public attention.
Yamada uses various genre of found photo or found footage. By deleting, extremely expanding or destroying the original main theme within, he creates hollow images without having its original meaning. The theme of his artworks always shows various aspects, most are closely related to the social influence on artist’ s living environment. After Tohoku Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster on 2011, Yamada’ s works show more images focusing on society, individual, power and country. Yamada also taken in his criticizing ideas in his works with American post-war art style like ready-made, abstract expressionism, minimal art, conceptual art while considering the place of Japan as well.
This exhibition will focus on the friction of cultural interchange in different nations through globalization.
AISHONANZUKA 將會在香港舉行第二次山田周平的個人展覽《I AM》。 山田周平，在東京生活及創作，透過攝影、影像、雕塑、拼貼及裝置作品反映日本社會現象及國家主權等議題。在 2013 年軍械
庫藝術博覽會中，山田被焦點部門選為首位以「美國」主題展出的日本藝術家，他對於太平洋戰爭的尖銳批判得到廣大公眾關注。
山田從各種搜索得來的圖像和錄像中刪除、擴張或破壞當中主題，掏空影像的原意，這個主題的作品呈現了多個範疇，而大部分 是關於藝術家居住環境的社會現象。自 2011 年東北地震和福島第一核電站事故發生後，山田的作品更多是集中於社會、個人、 能源和國家的影像。他在思考日本現狀同時，亦以美國戰後的藝術風格如現成物、抽象表現主義、極簡主義、觀念藝術的作品表 達個人批判想法。
是次展覽將會集中於全球化下不同國家種族文化互相影響所帶來的摩擦。
