Recently, the exhibition“Tomokazu Matsuyama: Accountable Nature” was launched at the Long Museum (Chongqing), which is the first time the Museum has toured a solo exhibition of a foreign artist from Shanghai to Chongqing. 

(Photos provided by Long Museum)

As you enter the exhibition hall, two sets of mirrored stainless steel sculptures consisting of giant antlers and wheels come into view. The names of the two groups, Wheel of Fortune and Double Crisis, derive from an American game show in which the wheel is a common industrial consumable but the antlers are a sacred symbol in Japanese culture. By combining these two elements, Tomokazu Matsuyama expresses the double standard of people worshipping temples and shrines for the sake of faith while pursuing a material life for entertainment. He sees this“double standard” not as a moral issue, but as part of being human.

Tomokazu Matsuyama was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1976 and now lives and works in New York. He received his bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Sophia University in Japan and his master’s degree in Painting and Design from Pratt Institute in the United States. Influenced by both Japanese and American cultures, Tomokazu Matsuyama expresses a distinctly Japanese and American multicultural character in his works.

This exhibition presents a selection of representative works that illustrate the basic concept of Tomokazu Matsuyama’s creations. Walking through the exhibition hall, visitors can see his representative abstract works, sculptures and shaped works.

It is learned that Tomokazu Matsuyama’s abstract works are mostly based on the Japanese figurative image of the paper crane, using American abstract expression. His abstract works created in recent years are on display in the exhibition hall, and his growth process in abstract creation can be seen in the color scheme and style.

It is reported that the exhibition will last until May 16.

(Translated by Wang Huixin, Fathom Language Limited)

Editor:Jiang Yiwei