Art Central Hong Kong 2024

biscuit gallery will exhibit at Art Central Hong Kong 2024, which opens on March 27, 2024.

biscuit gallery will exhibit a two-person show featuring Fukumi Nakazawa and Miyu Yamada in the “Neo” section, curated by Enoch Cheng (Booth A9).
※“Neo at Art Central”

This project is a joint exhibition of two Japanese young artists, Fukumi Nakazawa and Miyu Yamada, identified as Gen Z formed within social and cultural contexts.
Against the backdrop of identity exploration in today’s information-saturated environment and the complexity of the digital age, the exhibition focuses on the common theme of “The power of ambiguity.”

Fukumi Nakazawa explores the abstract theme of “the boundary between humans and other things.” She materializes people and beings inhabiting this boundary through drawings, and further develops them into four-dimensional sculptural works.

Fukumi Nakazawa “Parallel Waves” 2024 1167×910x30mm Ink on chalk ground

The motifs found in Nakazawa’s works are freeform, rejecting clear categories and definitions beyond the framework of traditional art, and while their movement is light, they carry deep meaning and interpretation.

On the other hand, Miyu Yamada is known for using sand as a primary material in her painting works through her unique technique. This choice of sand is not coincidental, but a reflection of her artistic philosophy, relating to her deep interest in and possibilities of sand’s nature to constantly change and adapt within everyday life. Since sand exists in nature yet is artificially used in urban environments as a material for concrete and buildings, Yamada was fascinated by the multifaceted and variable nature of this material and incorporated it into her artworks.

Miyu Yamada “Something new” 2023 910×1167×50mm Acrylic, mixed media on canvas

Although these two artists employ different techniques and mediums, they focus on the common theme of “ambiguity.” This ambiguity also seems to reflect the complexity of the digital age in which they live and the diversity of information.

Regarding ambiguity, Miyu Yamada approaches it through medium. The drawing that emerges within the sand covering the canvas is extremely ambiguous in its boundaries, in that the canvas space and the lines drawn on it are continuous mediums. Yamada’s drawings without boundaries are ephemeral, possessing the freedom of sand drawings on a beach that transform shape, surrendering to waves and wind.

On the other hand, Fukumi Nakazawa continues to create with the awareness of how far she can abstract motifs that become concrete through depiction, encouraging diverse interpretations from viewers.
The “abstraction” here is understood as “existence that is not symbolized/specified,” which also reveals Nakazawa’s pursuit of ambiguity expressed through the transformation of motifs. According to McKinsey research, Gen Z is positioned as “True Zen,” with a tendency to pursue truth and reject simple labeling and categorization. While this “ambiguity” may generally be interpreted as weakness, Yamada and Nakazawa consciously choose this ambiguity and use it to present a broad worldview.

“The power of ambiguity” may be a way of life unique to Gen Z, formed and communicated through the unique expressive styles of both artists, Nakazawa and Yamada. In the exhibition area of this project, the approach to drawing—drawing lines—contained in both artists’ works will be consciously constructed on the exhibition floor, functioning as the act of creating boundaries or materializing things. The exhibited works comprise diverse pieces including drawings, paintings, sculpture, and video, and while being an exhibition containing ambiguity as a theme, the project will be presented as a plan that expresses clear messages through the works.

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