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[Solo Exhibition] Shuhei Ise "Mere Painting" at Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

【個展】伊勢周平「ただの絵」Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

Shuhei Ise “Mere Painting”

We visited “Mere Painting,” a solo exhibition by Shuhei Ise.
The venue is Takuro Someya Contemporary Art.

Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

The title “Mere Painting” is a phrase from a book by Natsuyuki Nakanishi that deeply moved Shuhei Ise.

Installation view
Installation view
Shuhei Ise, Left: ≪Phantom≫ 2019-2020 Right: ≪Narkissos≫ 2019-2020
Shuhei Ise, Left: ≪Phantom≫ 2019-2020 Right: ≪Narkissos≫ 2019-2020
Shuhei Ise ≪Niche≫ 2017-2019
Shuhei Ise ≪Niche≫ 2017-2019
Installation view
Installation view
Shuhei Ise ≪In no ko (Whelps)≫
Shuhei Ise ≪In no ko (Whelps)≫
Shuhei Ise ≪Upwards Downwards≫ 2019-2020
Shuhei Ise ≪Upwards Downwards≫ 2019-2020
Right: Shuhei Ise ≪Through from Binoculars≫ 2018
Right: Shuhei Ise ≪Through from Binoculars≫ 2018
Shuhei Ise, Left: ≪Looking at the Front Door≫ 2019-2020 Right: ≪Old Man of the Mountain≫ 2019-2020
Shuhei Ise, Left: ≪Looking at the Front Door≫ 2019-2020 Right: ≪Old Man of the Mountain≫ 2019-2020
Shuhei Ise ≪Tonight the Night≫ 2019-2020
Shuhei Ise ≪Tonight the Night≫ 2019-2020
Shuhei Ise ≪Mirror≫ 2017-2019
Shuhei Ise ≪Mirror≫ 2017-2019
Installation view
Installation view
Shuhei Ise ≪Drawing≫ 2020 *Collection of the artist
Shuhei Ise ≪Drawing≫ 2020 *Collection of the artist

Each work possessed such depth of surface that one felt drawn into the canvas — thoroughly memorable. The traces of the brush conveyed a delicate expression within their roughness, and the subtle expressions communicated through colour left a lingering, deeply savoured resonance.

Shuhei Ise ≪Niche≫ *Detail
Shuhei Ise ≪Niche≫ *Detail
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