KOTARO NUKAGA
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
KOUR POUR AND REMBER YAHUARCANI
This two-person exhibition brings together works by Kour Pour and Rember Yahuarcani. Born in Exeter, England, and now based in Los Angeles, Pour achieved recognition as one of Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” in both 2015 and 2017 on account of his distinctive “carpet paintings” that combine Persian motifs with elements taken from Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints and Western abstract painting. Yahuarcani, a member of the White Heron clan of the Uitoto Nation of northern Amazonia in Peru, is known for paintings that combine iconography from Uitoto mythology with Western art traditions and techniques. He uses vivid colors and delicate linework to depict the daily life of the Uitoto people and the connections between plants, animals, humans, and spirits in the Amazon. Yahuarcani’s works are also on view in this year’s 60th Venice Biennale.
VENUE
VENUE
KOTARO NUKAGA
- E2
- E4
- Roppongi
Kotaro Nukaga was founded in 2018 as a platform for thought-provoking ideas and daring sociopolitical confrontations. The gallery program employs an interdisciplinary lens that spans diverse cultural and academic fields, approaching art through its historical, cultural, social, scientific, and aesthetic contexts in order to reinterpret the past, gain new perspectives on the present, and imagine possible futures. The gallery seeks to promote its artists’ practices through an understanding of the dynamics of the current art ecosystem while also supporting projects that push beyond existing frameworks. Kotaro Nukaga has two spaces in Tokyo—one in Roppongi, a cultural hub bustling with new ideas, and the other in Tennozu Isle, a location that is currently gaining traction as a new center of contemporary art in the city.
