I visited Hitoshi Tsuboyama’s solo exhibition “Universe.” The venue is the Tagboat Gallery inside Hankyu MEN’S TOKYO (Yurakucho).
Tagboat Gallery
In 2019, Tsuboyama took part in a three-month residency in Shanghai. He speaks of witnessing firsthand China’s technology-driven information control.
The new series presented in this exhibition uses painting to depict “another world constructed by invisible things such as data and information” — a reality he felt during his time in China.
Installation viewHitoshi Tsuboyama, Complex Code #14, acrylic on canvas, 2019 Hitoshi Tsuboyama, Complex Code #2, acrylic on canvas, 2019Hitoshi Tsuboyama, Universe, acrylic on canvas, 2020Hitoshi Tsuboyama, Complex Code #17, acrylic on canvas, 2020※Detail — the flat picture surface is a distinctive featureHitoshi Tsuboyama, Untitled #1, pencil on paper, 2020Installation view — Hitoshi TsuboyamaInstallation viewHitoshi Tsuboyama, Complex Code #11, acrylic on canvas, 2019 Installation view
An artwork by Hitoshi Tsuboyama that visualizes the current state of the information society.
