Fu Nagasawa & Takuma Oue: Mark Making
Taka Ishii Gallery Maebashi is pleased to present 鈥淢ark Making,鈥� a two-person exhibition of the works of Fu Nagasawa and Takuma Oue, from Saturday, March 15 to Sunday, April 20.
Fu Nagasawa was born in 1999 in Kochi Prefecture and lives and works in Kyoto Prefecture. He holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in oil painting (2022) from Musashino Art University and completed a master鈥檚 degree (MFA) in the same field at Kyoto University of the Arts in 2025. He has participated in group exhibitions including 鈥淎rtificial-Natural鈥�, COHJU, Kyoto (2024) and 鈥淪HIBUYA STYLE vol.17鈥�, Art Gallery & Alternative Space, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo (2023).
Kyoto-based Fu Nagasawa creates paintings based on plant and animal motifs from pottery, porcelain, and dyed fabrics that he finds at flea markets. These motifs from traditional handicrafts have been passed down through the generations by skilled artisans, and are familiar features of daily life for many Japanese people. Nagasawa鈥檚 works transfer these motifs to canvas, almost as if a bird has flown into the picture. In this new medium, the images cease to have a decorative role and assume a singular presence on the canvas. While allegorical expressions that give meaning to depicted objects are a common thread through Western art history, Nagasawa鈥檚 work may be described as a search for a new, contrasting form of pictorial expression. His production process entails the repeated application of color using woodblocks and oil painting with brushes. He intentionally includes elements that are out of his control, such as the unevenness of color applied using woodblock printing techniques, and the result of his uniquely texture paint, deliberately applied with rough brushstrokes, that emerges when the print is pressed. This has parallels to the production process of traditional artisan objects, each of which is hand-painted or glazed with minute differences and undergoes unforeseen changes inside the kiln during firing. Nagasawa鈥檚 work incorporates elements of crafts honed by countless unknown artisans, and is an attempt to resituate the medium of painting within a broader framework that is not limited to what takes place on a rectangular canvas.
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Taka Ishii Gallery Maebashi is pleased to present 鈥淢ark Making,鈥� a two-person exhibition of the works of Fu Nagasawa and Takuma Oue, from Saturday, March 15 to Sunday, April 20.
Fu Nagasawa was born in 1999 in Kochi Prefecture and lives and works in Kyoto Prefecture. He holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in oil painting (2022) from Musashino Art University and completed a master鈥檚 degree (MFA) in the same field at Kyoto University of the Arts in 2025. He has participated in group exhibitions including 鈥淎rtificial-Natural鈥�, COHJU, Kyoto (2024) and 鈥淪HIBUYA STYLE vol.17鈥�, Art Gallery & Alternative Space, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo (2023).
Kyoto-based Fu Nagasawa creates paintings based on plant and animal motifs from pottery, porcelain, and dyed fabrics that he finds at flea markets. These motifs from traditional handicrafts have been passed down through the generations by skilled artisans, and are familiar features of daily life for many Japanese people. Nagasawa鈥檚 works transfer these motifs to canvas, almost as if a bird has flown into the picture. In this new medium, the images cease to have a decorative role and assume a singular presence on the canvas. While allegorical expressions that give meaning to depicted objects are a common thread through Western art history, Nagasawa鈥檚 work may be described as a search for a new, contrasting form of pictorial expression. His production process entails the repeated application of color using woodblocks and oil painting with brushes. He intentionally includes elements that are out of his control, such as the unevenness of color applied using woodblock printing techniques, and the result of his uniquely texture paint, deliberately applied with rough brushstrokes, that emerges when the print is pressed. This has parallels to the production process of traditional artisan objects, each of which is hand-painted or glazed with minute differences and undergoes unforeseen changes inside the kiln during firing. Nagasawa鈥檚 work incorporates elements of crafts honed by countless unknown artisans, and is an attempt to resituate the medium of painting within a broader framework that is not limited to what takes place on a rectangular canvas.
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