I visited Hideaki Kawashima’s new solo exhibition “Youth.” The venue is Tomio Koyama Gallery.
Around the same time, a related exhibition of earlier works titled “Hideaki Kawashima [2001-2014]” was held at “8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery” in Hikarie — two solo shows running simultaneously.
Hideaki Kawashima’s practice centers on portrait works painted in acrylic on canvas.
Compared with his earlier works, the figures in these portraits feel more clearly rendered, yet the impression of the androgynous subjects shifts noticeably depending on whether one, two, or three of them appear together. Each canvas conveys the subtle stirrings of an inner life, giving the whole show an atmosphere that is hard to put into words.
