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CUSTOM-MADE


node hotel (Kyoto, June 2024)



[The former exhibition]
















[The latter exhibition]



















Looking at the area around node hotel, you can see that the streets run vertically and horizontally in a grid-like pattern. The famous Gion Festival's yamaboko floats also bring excitement to the festival around this district. This distinctive layout is said to be a remnant of Heian-kyo. The title "CUSTOM-MADE" might have been inspired by experiencing this kind of cityscape during my visit to Kyoto.

Custom-made originally means "special order," derived from customizing mass-produced products to suit personal preferences. However, when we replace CUSTOM with the meaning of "habit" or "custom," it also evokes the image of something born out of traditions and customs.

Kyoto continues to attract people from all over the world because of its profound depth that cannot be easily glimpsed. This depth is the density and intensity of experiences cultivated over more than a thousand years of history. It suggests that even though we cannot usually see it, multifaceted perspectives and what might be considered cutting-edge today have actually existed since ancient times. Therefore, beneath the seemingly veiled surface, there is a newly matured source of energy that has transcended time, which is perhaps why we hear about various activities in contemporary art today.

With this realization and interest as a starting point, I plan to divide the exhibition into two parts and overlap the works and displays with the upcoming summer in Kyoto.

This city will surely show me a special scenery that I have yet to encounter.

(May 2024)








祇園(GION)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
348×356mm
Private Collection






鉾 1 (HOKO 1)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 2(HOKO 2)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm
鉾 3(HOKO 3)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 4(HOKO 4)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 5(HOKO 5)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 6(HOKO 6)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 7(HOKO 7)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm
鉾 8(HOKO 8)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 9(HOKO 9)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 10(HOKO 10)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm


鉾 11(HOKO 11)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 12(HOKO 12)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm


鉾 13(HOKO 13)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm


鉾 14(HOKO 14)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 15(HOKO 15)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 16(HOKO 16)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm



鉾 17(HOKO 17)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 18(HOKO 18)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm


鉾 19(HOKO 19)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm
鉾 20(HOKO 20)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm


鉾 21(HOKO 21)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm


鉾 22(HOKO 22)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 23(HOKO 23)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm



鉾 24(HOKO 24)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 25(HOKO 25)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 26(HOKO 26)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 27(HOKO 27)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm


鉾 28(HOKO 28)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 29(HOKO 29)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 30(HOKO 30)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm



鉾 31(HOKO 31)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm

鉾 32(HOKO 32)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm


鉾 33(HOKO 33)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm
鉾 34(HOKO 34)
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
115×49mm





space-time mini 11
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
160×333mm
Private Collection






















space-time mini 12
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
333×160mm
Private Collection






beatles 2 
2022 Acrylic on Cotton 1305×636mm

Abbey Road
2022 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1304×1308mm





Octopus’s Gargen Ⅱ
2022 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
543×541mm

多面体 42 (TAMENTAI 42)
2021 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
551×551mm




teleport 1
2018 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
805×533mm
double helix 91
2023 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
640×911mm
Private Collection




Logos
2023 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
1941×2594mm



the former
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
1306×803mm


the latter
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
1306×803mm





nightfall
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on Cotton
1306×425mm







A 
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection

B
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection

C
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
D
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
E
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection


F
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
G
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection
H
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection
I
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection
J
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm


K
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection
L
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
M
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection



N
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
O
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
P
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection


Q
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
R
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection
S
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection
T
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection
U
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection


V
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
W
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
X
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Y
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm
Private Collection
Z
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
82×80mm






ALPHABET
2024 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
254×654mm

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