Onitsuka Tiger’s Gallery Exhibition “FLARE” is a Celestial Spectacle of Immersive Exploration

London‘s artwork scene continues to be a haven of worldwide creativity. LUXUO beforehand reported on Graceland London debut and London’s Halcyon Gallery and now we flip east to Onitsuka Tiger. Onitsuka Tiger‘s artwork gallery extension Tiger Gallery is about to unveil FLARE — a gaggle exhibition of works by three artists, Kengo Kito, Daisuke Ohba, and Kohei Nawa. Apparently sufficient, each exhibitions (Graceland London and FLARE) depict a creative perception into other-worldly dimensions and commercialism (maybe a pattern amongst immediately’s artists?).

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Whereas FLARE doesn’t immediately tackle the existential query of the that means of life or the universe, it focuses on the metaphysical iteration of those concepts with numerous phases of round types and amorphous energies that exude from the orb-like constructions — each actually and metaphorically. The exhibition’s themes play on the universe’s origins, inviting guests to discover celestial our bodies, mass-produced objects, and polarised colors. Attendees may also encounter self-referential and infinitely repeating illusions, swirling traces of drawings, clusters of dots, and even their very own reflections as they interact with these parts. Operating from 10 October to eight November 2024, the exhibition highlights 27 artworks together with the famend PixCell sequence by Kohei Nawa which options Onitsuka Tiger sneakers that had been specifically created for the exhibition.

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Tapping into the universe’s origins, FLARE presents works of a cohesive imaginative and prescient that discover the contingencies of up to date existence by way of work, sculptures, and installations that replicate dynamic interplays of house, time, and light-weight, catapulting viewers into a brand new dimension charged with each paradox and chance. Maybe serendipitously, the conceptualisation of the exhibition emerged throughout a historic photo voltaic flare that produced spectacular auras noticed across the globe. FLARE was thus born as an homage to the celestial spectacle in addition to the artists’ interconnected inventive journeys.

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Kengo Kito’s celebrated “Hula Hoop” installations and work rework circles into infinitely linked traces, which in flip evolve into bigger intersecting circles — a strong metaphor for interconnectedness.

Daisuke Ohba’s mesmerising work are “bathed in gentle” and radiate colors that diffuse in all instructions, making a pictorial area that establishes a brand new dimension the place time and house intersect. “They fuse collectively to change into a mosaic, which encompasses the spectrum of cultures of humanity,” remarks Ohba. Inside this liminal mosaic of existence, viewers witness the fleeting ephemerality of an unsure world.

Kohei Nawa encapsulates the exhibition’s huge breadth and depth by way of works that span from two-dimensional to three-dimensional creations. “The Second” and “Pink Code” items materialise the omnipresent digital alerts and noise throughout the realms of knowledge and the universe. Anchoring the exhibition are Nawa’s signature “PixCell”, “Prism”, and “Trans sequence”, which incorporate Onitsuka Tiger sneakers. “Footwear, which relate to the verticality of the determine, floor the physique to the earth and join human beings with town, signify the place to begin of actions and actions,” reads the press notes.

FLARE — a gaggle exhibition by Kengo Kito, Daisuke Ohba, and Kohei Nawa, can be held on the gallery house of the Onitsuka Tiger flagship retailer on Regent Avenue in London, from 10 October to eight November, 2024.

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