08/12/2024
ROH is pleased to share Kei Imazu's first large-scale, institutional solo exhibition, ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ณ, at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.
In 2017, Imazu moved to Bandung, Indonesia to live and work. In recent years, her works have shifted to represent her research into contemporary issues of urban development and environmental pollution in Indonesia, all of which capture the reality of the artistโs immediate surroundings. These issues are never directly expressed in Imazuโs works, but are rather woven and linked between a diverse range of archival images, juxtaposing multiple temporalities pertaining to Indonesian history, mythology, and ecosystems related to biological evolution and extinction, thereby extending her work in a more expansive direction. Imazuโs paintings, in which elements of global environmental issues, eco-feminism, mythology, history, and politics are juxtaposed on the same plane, are dynamic forms of artistic expression created by the vast amount of images and information passing through her body.
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ณ means โhomelandโ, made of up of the Indonesian words ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ (earth) and ๐ข๐ช๐ณ (water). Imazuโs worksโbased on her thoughts and experiences while living in both Indonesia, where she currently lives, and Japan, where she has her rootsโinvite audiences into a contemplative return to oneโs sense of place and belonging.
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Kei Imazu
11 January - 23 March 2025
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
3 Chome-20-2 Nishishinjuku
Tokyo 163-1403
Japan