Hideki Kimura SoloExhibition “Charcoal”

Imura art gallery tokyo will present "Charcoal", a solo exhibition by Hideki Kimura.
Hideki Kimura is one of the leading print artists in Japan. He had a strong debut with his highly acclaimed "Pencil" series in 1974, which received the National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto Award at the International Biennial Exhibition in Tokyo. He also produces art works with glass and canvas as the medium. This exhibition will showcase his latest print works from the "Charcoal" series, which he has been working on since 2012.

The production process of the "Charcoal" series is as follows:
First the full-scale picture of charcoal is printed onto Washi paper using an inkjet printer. Then the picture will be printed on both sides of Washi paper by silk screen printing. The Washi paper will then be partially scorched using a hot iron, slits are made, the paper is folded, and a three-dimensional (2.5 dimensional, if we borrow Kimura's word,) structure is built.

"Charcoal" series, produced this way, goes beyond various borders: the borders between the real things and the image of things, the front and the back, and the two dimensional and the three dimensional world. This is Kimura's new approach in his persistent "experiment with flat surfaces". This is Kimura's first exhibition at Imura Art Gallery since 2011. We hope you enjoy.

Photo: Hiroaki Hamada