Kazuki Umezawa, Particle of Image (Twelve Style)
2021, acrylic paint on ultraviolet-curing resin (StareReap 2.5 print), 91.5 × 91.5 cm
Known for his work exploring the nature of digital imagery, Kazuki Umezawa has attracted widespread acclaim from curators and critics. Made of pixels as their smallest unit of information, digital images are essentially simplifications of reality. With StareReap, particles of ink are applied to a surface using inkjet technology, layered, and then minutely textured to achieve the image.
Umezawa perceives a strong sense of our reality in the digital pixel, which is where he turns the focus of this exhibition, by making the particle both the title and key idea behind the show. Epitomizing the exhibition’s approach is Particle of Image (Twelve Style), which demonstrates Umezawa’s heightened appreciation of the particle, and comprises layer upon layer of the various motifs he has applied to his work until now.
Kazuki Umezawa, Particle of Image (Twelve Style)
2021, acrylic paint on ultraviolet-curing resin (StareReap 2.5 print), 91.5 × 91.5 cm
Known for his work exploring the nature of digital imagery, Kazuki Umezawa has attracted widespread acclaim from curators and critics. Made of pixels as their smallest unit of information, digital images are essentially simplifications of reality. With StareReap, particles of ink are applied to a surface using inkjet technology, layered, and then minutely textured to achieve the image.
Umezawa perceives a strong sense of our reality in the digital pixel, which is where he turns the focus of this exhibition, by making the particle both the title and key idea behind the show. Epitomizing the exhibition’s approach is Particle of Image (Twelve Style), which demonstrates Umezawa’s heightened appreciation of the particle, and comprises layer upon layer of the various motifs he has applied to his work until now.
WORKS
ARTIST PROFILE
Kazuki Umezawa
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1985, Kazuki Umezawa graduated from the Department of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Musashino Art University. His work, a reconstruction of images scattered over the Internet landscape, echoes the confrontation of the mind to the overwhelming information of our chaotic screens. He is represented by CASHI gallery. Main exhibitions include Black Omen (2020, Cashi), Tokyo Pop Underground (2019, Jeffrey Deitch), Weavers of Worlds—A Century of Flux in Japanese Modern/Contemporary Art (2019, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo), and HYPER LANDSCAPE KAZUKI UMEZAWA × TAKU OBATA (2018, Watari-Um Museum).
Public Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Mori Art Museum
Photo by Shintaro Yamanaka (Qsyum!)
