Yu Kobayashi's solo exhibition
果てしない "Hateshinai" (Boundless)
opens April 11th, from 5–7pm.
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Based in the seaside town of Shizuoka, at the foothills of Mount Fuji, Kobayashi paints unstretched canvases on the ground in sweeping gestures that extend beyond the frame. Often painted outdoors, Kobayashi's works are liable to be dusted by the wind and sand from the nearby Pacific– the canvas becoming both surface and field of action.
Alongside her paintings, the gallery looks forward to sharing Kobayashi's newest body of sculptures, crafted from ceramic, Japanese cedar, oil, and persimmon tannins. In an earthy palette dappled with the dancerly cadence of light, water, and flora, Kobayashi's paintings and sculptures refuse hard edges, sharp lines, or any sense of strict determinancy– evoking the symmetry of a life and practice existing harmoniously.