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We are pleased to announce that from Friday, December 5 to Saturday, December 20, 2025, gallery UG Tennoz will host a solo exhibition by Kenichi OBANA.
Mysterious masked men
They are villains rather than heroes, being bit players who don't greatly affect the main story.
Although they can't become heroes, they are steadily spending their daily lives, smiling gently with friends, crying in unbearable emotion, and sometimes getting angry at trivial matters.
They might be living with their own small happiness and sense of fulfillment, the story of which should be never mentioned.
Their ways of lives, that look clumsy and too honest, are brimfully attractive, although they don't have such brilliant presence as appearing in the front stage, .
Their destinations will never be places filled with stereotyped despair.
They believe that a bright morning shall come some day after each one survives its daily struggles.
Daybreak must come some time, however thick the darkness may be.
I set a ray of light upon their above-mentioned ways of lives, and make their hidden sorrow and stories represented by my works of paintings and wooden sculptures
For this exhibition titled「Stop for a moment」it includes not only my new pieces of art but also pieces previously shown in the past.
Although I felt hesitant about presenting these pieces of art again, seeing the gallery’s spacious, pure white environment somehow lifted that hesitation and made me feel at ease.
In this exhibition, I aim to overlook my art from the past few years, while also exploring how they appear when displayed in a space deliberately disconnected from any specific land or history.
I hope this exhibition will serve as a brief pause in my practice, allowing for a moment of reflection and paving the way for new developments.
OBANA Kenichi.
【Hours】11:30 - 18:30
【Closed】Sundays, Mondays |
