FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Yuichi Higashionna
New Works
5 November – 11 December, 2010

Opening reception: Friday, 5 November, 6 – 8 pm

Address: G/F, 1 Shin Hing Street, Central, Hong Kong

Hours: Mon – Sat, 1100 - 1900

Gallery EXIT is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Yuichi Higashionna in Hong
Kong.

Higashionna lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. He noticed the fact that the fluorescent
lamp in the circular-bulb style has independently spread in its use at Japanese home in
general. His works are both homage and a satire, to the Japanese "fluorescent culture"
that fascinates him and at the same time makes him uncomfortable. In his own words, his
ultimate aim was “to create a fluorescent-lamp monster!”

The dangling light sculptures appear at once grand and beautiful, kitschy and cheap, and
are inspired by fanshii (a term derived from the English word 'fancy'), which is reflected in
the Japanese compulsive admiration with Western culture during a period of economic
prosperity in the 1970s. Fanshii things are said to be odd (in that they are neither Western
nor Japanese), kitsch, girlish and tacky. The sculptures serve as chandeliers inspired by
interior decorating of Japanese homes of that era, accented with stenciled paintings of
flowers and ribbons, nodding to the fluorescent, tacky aesthetic of the time.

The artist explains, “My work frequently incorporates common, everyday things. Living in
Japan, I am very familiar with such fanshii things, but I have never liked them. In my
opinion there is even something ‘uncanny’ about them, in a Freudian sense. What
interests me now is to bring this ‘uncanniness’ into my work in a more positive way,
incorporating it in the context of humor or eroticism, rather than representing it
straightforwardly.”

The artist will be present at the opening reception.

Yuichi Higashionna: New Works and Nadim Abbas: Cataract will be held in Gallery EXIT
simultaneously.

For further information and images, please contact Kenji Wong at 2541 1299, email to
info@galleryexit.com, or visit website www.galleryexit.com.

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東恩納裕一 : 個展
2010 年 11 月 5 日至 12 月 11 日

開幕酒會：11 月 5 日(星期五), 晚上 6 時至 8 時

地點:香港中環善慶街 1 號地下
開放時間：星期一至六 1100 - 1900

Gallery EXIT 安全口畫廊將舉行東恩納裕一於香港的首次個展。

東恩納裕一生活於日本東京。他注意到環形螢光燈在日本家庭裡的廣泛使用，因而
深深被這種“螢光燈文化” 所吸引。他的作品既是向日本 “螢光燈文化” 作出的
一種致敬同時也是諷刺，他一邊為此現象感到著迷卻又同時令他感到不安，而然他
的最終目的就是要“創造一頭熒光燈的怪物！”

看着懸掛的螢光燈雕塑，同時地讓人感受到它的華偉與美麗、庸俗與價廉，這一切
都源由自‘fanshii’這項獨有的日本概念。‘fanshii’反映了日本人在繁荣昌盛
的七十年代時，對西方文化的一份獨特的豔羨和讚美。那些擁有‘fanshii’特質的
東西可說是媚俗，嬌情和古怪的（因為它們既非西方，也非日本的）。東恩納裕一
以日本家庭常用的典型室內裝飾作為藍本的螢光燈雕塑，連同他一系列以人造塑膠
花及彩帶為靈感的畫作，正好反映了那個年代獨有的媚俗美學。

“我的作品往往由日常生活常見的物件組合而成。生活在日本，我非常熟悉這些
‘fanshii’的物件，但我從不喜歡它們。在我看來，這些‘fanshii’的物件甚至
俱備弗洛伊德式的怪異感（uncanny）。現在我把這種怪異感覺，積極地帶到我的作
品裡，並將幽默或色情的手法納入其中，而不是直截了當的呈現它。”

藝術家將會出席開幕酒會。

東恩納裕一個展與唐納天《Cataract》將同時於 Gallery EXIT 安全口畫廊舉行。

查詢資料及圖片請致電 Kenji Wong (2541 1299) ，電郵至 info@galleryexit.com

或 瀏覽網頁 www.galleryexit.com。

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