TAKA ISHII GALLERY
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
JUSTIN CAGUIAT AND RAFAEL DELACRUZ
This exhibition showcases two emerging artists: Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz. Caguiat is known for his large-scale paintings typically done on pinned, unstretched canvases. Combining swirls of luxuriant color and dense layering with abstract and pointillist forms and faint figurative touches, Caguiat’s work has prompted comparisons to the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint. Self-taught artist Rafael Delacruz deploys a wide range of techniques, from charcoal drawing to oil and acrylic painting to making silkscreens of digitally distorted images. Often beginning with a simple motif from everyday life, such as a car or shopping cart, Delacruz then layers vibrant colors over these subjects, imparting an almost spiritual quality to quotidian objects through dreamy abstraction.
VENUE
VENUE
TAKA ISHII GALLERY
- E2
- E4
- Roppongi
Since opening in 1994 Taka Ishii Gallery has developed an exhibition program that introduces international contemporary artists to Japan while providing a global platform for the country’s emerging artists and contemporary masters. While the gallery aesthetic is rooted in the photographic, the program is contemporary and represents artists working in a variety of media. It maintains an annual calendar of eight exhibitions and publishes catalogues and artist books. In addition to its primary exhibition space at complex665, Taka Ishii Gallery has a second venue in Roppongi, amanaTIGP, which focuses on pre- and postwar Japanese photography and film. In 2023 the gallery added branches in Kyoto and Maebashi for hosting collaborative projects with artists and also established a viewing space in Hong Kong.
