Cignitta will be holding Minami Keita's solo exhibition "Photon graph" from March 20th.
Minami Keita is an illustrator and artist based in Gifu.
Enjoy the possibilities of illustrations that attempt to visualize "invisible light."
This exhibition is a collaboration with the Kansai art printing specialist "Saintclar",
Original print works that further expand Minami Keita's world will also be on display.
Gallery talk: Saturday, March 20th, from 5pm.
Cast: Keita Minami, Sumihiro Taniguchi (Chignitta)
Guests: Yukifumi Yada (CEO of Sunclar), Akio Takimoto (CEO of JAMWORKS/Art Yard)
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Keita Minami solo exhibition “Photon graph”
Venue: Cignitta (Takagi Building 1F, 1-13-21 Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka)
Period: March 20th (Thursday, national holiday) - March 30th (Sunday), 2025
Time: 13:00~19:00 Free admission, no reservation required, open daily
Photon graph
A photon is a particle of light and one of the quanta, the smallest units of matter and energy.
And strangely enough, it is said to have the properties of both a particle and a wave.
When not observed by humans it behaves as a "wave," but the moment it is observed it becomes a "particle."
And when you stop observing it, it reverts to its wave properties.
If we expand our imagination from this mysterious phenomenon, the act of observing = looking is,
It seems to me like an act of establishing - or separating - what you "see" from the world.
In Buddhism, it's like finding "color" from "emptiness."
In the words of a Mexican sorcerer, from the "Nagual" (the indescribable world)
It's like extracting the "tonal" (the world that can be expressed in words).
It is as if "Atman (microcosm)" is setting out on a journey from "Brahman (macrocosm)" in Indian philosophy.
Like plants growing from soil.
Like a drop splashing from a lake, or life being born from death.
And drawing a picture is like drawing energy from the "source of creativity."
I feel that it is an act of fixing it into a "work of art."
In this exhibition, "Photon graph,"
This exhibition features a series of paintings that I created with the idea in mind: "What if I could see this?"
There are people who glow from within and can play with light.
It is such a mysterious world. Through this work, I hope to be able to experience the invisible light (the unknown world).
I hope you enjoy imagining it.
Minami Keita
Keita Minami
Illustrator/Artist
Born in Tokyo, currently living in Gifu Prefecture.
At Setsu Mode Seminar and MJ Illustrations
Studied illustration. TIS member.
HB File Competition vol.34, Suzuki Seiichi Grand Prize,
MJ Award 2024 Kazuyoshi Iino Award,
Unknown Asia 2015 Taniguchi Sumihiro Award,
Winner of the 12th TIS Open Competition Silver Prize and the 15th Note Exhibition Grand Prize.
Using analog techniques, he mainly uses crayons and oil pastels.
He also develops digital works using his own paintings.
Going back and forth between analog and digital
It depicts a colorful and slightly mysterious world.
Book covers, magazine illustrations, CD jackets, product packaging,
He provides illustrations for a variety of media, including theater posters and store murals.
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