Art Projects Gallery is proud to present “Visual Diaries of the Floating World II” by Japanese artist Ryota Unno. As the name suggests, this is the artist’s second solo exhibition in Hong Kong, following his successful sold-out show, “Visual Diaries of the Floating World”, in 2014.

In “Visual Diaries of the Floating World II”, Ryota continues to use the traditional Japanese painting technique of “Kaiga” (also known as “gado”), to present comical depictions of contemporary life, each scene with highly imaginative narratives imbued with the artist’s trademark humor.

Influenced by genre paintings of the Edo period in Japan three centuries ago, Ryota engages the audience with highly intricate details and delightful visual storytelling, to explore and highlight social culture, local traditions and human behaviors from his unique and quirky point of view.  His works encourages the rediscovery of fun and an appreciation of life’s simple pleasures, which are increasingly being taken for granted or forgotten in our modern 21st century society. The light-hearted and daring renditions, revealing comical expressions and even perverse content, seemingly antithesis to the more commonly known image of Japanese people that is usually seen as serious, polite and diligent, unveil the other side of the highly complex society.

Ryota Unno was born in 1977, Shizuoka, Japan. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Japanese Painting from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in year 2004, specializing in painting with traditional Japanese medium such as iwaenogu (natural mineral pigments) and gold foil on Japanese paper. Ryota has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Hong Kong, Japan, USA, Brazil, Italy, Taiwan and Singapore.

藝途畫廊榮幸呈現日本藝術家海野良太個展《 虛浮世界的視覺日記 II》。顧名思義，這是海野良太繼2014年的個展── 虛浮世界的視覺日記 ，取得佳績後在香港舉辦的第二次個展。

在《 虛浮世界的視覺日記 II》的展覽中，海野良太繼續採用日本的傳統繪畫藝術技巧──畫道，延續他一貫的幽默作風，以無窮的想像，滑稽的體現當代生活的每個場景。

深受日本三個世紀以前江戶時代的風俗畫的影響，良太的作品富有豐富的細節和有趣的視覺敘事，從他即獨特又古怪的觀點，探索和突出社會文化、地方傳統和人類行為,令人們留下深刻的印象。在這21世紀的現代社會中，有許多越來越被認為是理所當然或被遺忘的生活小事物，通過他的作品被重新發現，從而鼓勵人們欣賞生活的簡單樂趣。輕鬆而大膽的描繪手法，揭露人們的滑稽表情和甚至反常的內容，似乎與日本人所給予他人的一般形象如嚴謹、有禮和勤奮等對立，揭示了高度複雜的社會的另一面。

海野良太於1977年，出生於日本静岡市。2004年畢業於東京芸術大學美術學部　日本畫科，良太利用日本傳統媒介如 iwaenogu “岩繪具”(天然礦物顏料)、金箔及日本紙為主要創作媒介。海野良太曾在香港、日本、美國、巴西、義大利、台灣和新加坡展出其作品。

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