Narihiro Matsumoto "40-42"
Photo by Evelin Lumi
Estonian audiences first encountered Narihiro Matsumoto (b. 1984, Kyoto) through his solo exhibition at HAKI Gallery, followed by a residency at Voronja Gallery, an experience that seeded his new series. The memory of winter silence, frozen at twenty degrees below zero and suspended in near-stillness, left a profound impression on the artist. Though these works were created in Japan, they carry the essence of the Peipsi region, a fragile equilibrium between silence and tension, subtlety and force.
Narihiro Matsumoto describes the exhibition as follows: “A point stretches into a line, and standing on that line, one encounters a space filled with silence. Nearby, something rough and violent emerges. Moving through shades of orange and magenta, the series gradually reaches blue. I am delighted to present the final part of this series, which I began nine years ago, here in Estonia.”
Estonian audiences first encountered Narihiro Matsumoto (b. 1984, Kyoto) through his solo exhibition at HAKI Gallery, followed by a residency at Voronja Gallery, an experience that seeded his new series. The memory of winter silence, frozen at twenty degrees below zero and suspended in near-stillness, left a profound impression on the artist. Though these works were created in Japan, they carry the essence of the Peipsi region, a fragile equilibrium between silence and tension, subtlety and force.
Narihiro Matsumoto describes the exhibition as follows: “A point stretches into a line, and standing on that line, one encounters a space filled with silence. Nearby, something rough and violent emerges. Moving through shades of orange and magenta, the series gradually reaches blue. I am delighted to present the final part of this series, which I began nine years ago, here in Estonia.”