Yu Nagaba:
The Last Supper
2020  12.11 — 12.27

Overview

From his experience in Turkey in his childhood, Nagaba studied art at university, and worked as a designer. Since Nagaba established the current style as an illustrator back in 2014, he has been collaborating with various media up until noWAt the same time, he has expanded his activities as an artist, and his simple but smooth expression has gained the glaring spotlight from both domestic and international art scenes.
 
He accurately extracts the characteristics of the image, by usi ng a minimum curve, he projected the image through a delicate filter. His artworks can be perceived as if they are enlightening to distinguish between illustration and contemporary art, and the familiar motifs are reborn as catchy visual art and are imprinted in the viewer's eyes as a gentle positive aspect.
 
The exhibition consists of artworks infused with the world-view of the artist, including 4 meters of original canvas with acrylic paint, which draws his representative work ‘The Last supper’ , the canvas works in various shapes and the first ever sculptur al works made by the artist.
 
In addition, there will be merchandise exclusive to this exhibi tion, as well as apparels made in a collaboration with Jun Takahashi who is a designer of the fashion brand UNDERCOVER(undercover), also sold at ‘artKYOTO 2020’ held in December this year. There will also be limited edition screen printed prints and multiples sold via lottery.

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