The exhibition of the collaboration arts with Rekiseisha and MASAHO ANOTANI, an up-and-coming artist being watched by the world, was held. For this project, MASAHO created his artworks with leaf papers. It was his very first time to use leaf papers even though he has published numerous innovative artworks. He first understood this Japanese traditional material, but destroyed and reconstructed it for the exhibition called “HAKUBAKU TRADITION AND INNOVATION”. It has received a great reaction. MASAHO said, “Although the leaf paper itself is a very simple material, the things that I can do and express by using them are unlimited. And finishing up my work was like finding my lost property in a middle of no where, but the leaf paper was compatible with my artworks. It gave me a new concept of art.” Common paints have a simple appearance, but leaf papers have a depth. Just by changing the angle of your view, its gold color may shine like green. It sometimes happens to look like white light. His artworks that captured the complexity are a “must-see”. The tangency between tradition and innovation has been created throughout this project.

MASAHO ANOTANI
Born in Hyogo in 1991. An artist. He studied design at Kyoto Seika University and fine art at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in the Netherlands. Currently he is based in Tokyo, Japan. The art book, “STEIDL – WERK No.23: MASAHO ANOTANI” DEFORMED” published by the designer, Theseus Chan who is admired as the national treasure of Singapore, and a German publisher STEIDL, featured MASAHO’s artworks in its entire book. Furthermore, his artistic activities such as the collaboration with COMME des GARCONS SHIRT and ZUCCa are drawing attention in different directions.

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