Akira Kamo exhibition "Death grows in the soil"

Announcing the exhibition of a young oil painter, Akira Kamo. The main
exhibit is the installation "Death grows in the soil" consists of twenty
three paintings on the theme of funerals. Kamo's works include themes which
are generally thought of as in conflict, such as fire and ice (snow), the
sacred and the vulgar, heaven and earth, etc. In his new works, Kamo focuses
on life and death, and considers deeply how to accept death.

In mourning for the dead, we also carry an awareness of our own inevitable
demise. Therefore, funeral rituals reflect the ideals and sense of values of
the living. For Kamo, aside from the feelings one has when facing death, he
adopts the idea of "nurturing death" as a way of sending off everyday life.
The main new motif is a snow, soil, and flowers. Kamo tries to capture and
express mourning from the stance that "death is planted in the soil at one'
s side."

Akira Kamo
Born in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan. He received his M.F.A in 2010 from Tokyo University of the Arts. His major solo shows include: "Anti-sanctuary," Tachibana Gallery (2016, Osaka), "[ Painting ] and [ Survival ]", island MEDIUM (2012, Tokyo). Other important exhibitions are: "Navigation & Trajectory," Aomori Contemporary Art Center (2015), "VOCA The Vision of Contemporary Art," The Ueno Royal Museum (2015, 13, Tokyo ), "Tsushima Art Fantasia," (2015,14, Nagasaki).