Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) 2024

Mind Set Art Center and nca | nichido contemporary art (nca) are delighted to announce their inaugural participation in Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) in Japan, presenting a collaborative exhibition titled "Dialogues with Nature." This collaborative showcase features works by Chinese German-based artist Rao Fu and Japanese artist Shinji Ohmaki (under MSAC), and Thai artist Busui Ajaw, Taiwanese artist Chihhung Liu (under nca). The exhibition presents a blend of paintings, bronze sculptures, and ceramics, each reflecting on traditional landscape elements to explore their current evolution and representation. The artists seek to investigate landscape’s influence in contemporary art, drawing inspiration from the heights of Chinese landscape painting and the innovations in Western art since Impressionism. The fair opens with a VIP preview on October 31, followed by public viewing from November 1 to 3. We warmly invite you to experience this unique dialogue with nature.

This exhibition marks the inaugural collaboration between nca and MSAC, who initially connected in 2016 through their work with shared artists. The featured artists bring unique perspectives to themes of humanity, nature, and societal changes. Rao Fu and Shinji Ohmaki engage in a compelling dialogue on nature through figuration and abstraction. Fu’s works evoke nostalgia and explore the coexistence of humanity and nature, using a cross-cultural lens and poeticimagery. Nocturnal Visit, Fu’s largest painting in the exhibition, merges Japanese natural motifs with European Romanticism. Fu skillfully weaves warm and cooltones, presenting a multilayered narrative in a poetic manner. Meanwhile, Ohmaki’s Flotage-Landscape on the Back explores inner self and identity through abstract forms, inspired by Vermont’s frozen landscapes and Japanese rock gardens, reflecting on the transient nature of memory and existence. The textured surface of the bronze portrays an inherent yet ever-shifting reality, delving into the complexity of human consciousness and inspiring profound thoughts on the nature of existence.

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