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Shusuke Ao and Junta Egawa
A Hue was an August Joke
September 3 - September 18, 2021

4 Exhibitions about Japanese Culture
eitoeiko will exhibit a series of four exhibitions for Japanese culture of today from
September until the end of 2021. The first of the exhibition focus two artists who
studied Japanese painting, aka Nihon-ga. Shusuke Ao and Junta Egawa received
their BA from Tama Art University, and both of the artists participated in a memorial
exhibition for Misao Yokoyama and Matazo Kayama, the two most well-known
Nihon-ga artists, at the museum in the university. Junta Egawa handles abstract
images with physical action and improvisational decision. Egawa won a Tokyo
Wonder Wall Prize and selected VOCA. Egawa is a fine art painter. On the other hand,
The artwork of Shusuke Ao is based on the air industry and the airplane. Ao isinfluenced by the design and the production. As a Nihon-ga artist, Ao’s artwork
remains only the method in the process and the selection of materials. The
exhibition indicates the roots of the both artists and the composition of theartworks. That will show an aspect of Japanese culture today.
A Hue was an August Joke
Shusuke Ao(b.1981) is known for large scale installation about airplane and airindustry. Junta Egawa(b.1978) is regarded as a fine art painter those who handles
an abstract painting. Though the two artists have nothing in common, theyspecialized in Japanese painting at Tama Art University. Ao and Egawa have sharedwith a studio since they graduated. And the both artists started their careers
without a traditional expression in Japanese painting. In the university, they studied
the method about how to select the best media in their focused vision and how tosimulate the process in making artwork.
The title of the exhibition ‘A HUE WAS AN AUGUST JOKE’ is made from theanagram of their name, SHUSUE AO and JUNTA EGAWA. The two artists resolve theold and reconstruct it to the new one. It is different from its original, but it consistsof the same essence.
ARTISTS
Shusuke Ao
Born in 1981, Ibaraki. Received his BA in Japanese painting from Tama Art University,
2004. Lecturer of Tama Art University, 2015-18. Recent exhibitions include TamabiDNA, Tama Art University Art Take Gallery, 2021, The World of Yoshiyuki Tomino,Fukuoka Art Museum, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Iwami Art Museum, Toyama
Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Aomori
Museum of Art, 2019-21, The German Way of Life II, Haus am Dom, ZOLLAMTMMK,Frankfurt am Main, 2019, Generation W(ar), Torrance Art Museum, 2019, In thenight of missile rain, boy dreams of flying, solo exhibition, eitoeiko, 2018, Love LoveShow 2, 2017, and others.
Junta Egawa
Born in Kanagawa, 1978. Received his BA in Japanese Painting from Tama ArtUniversity, 2003. Selected Shell Art Award, 2008. Won Tokyo Wonder Wall Prize,
2012. Selected VOCA 2013. Recent exhibitions include Tamabi DNA, Tama Art
University Art Take Gallery, 2021, Shell Art Award artists selection, National Art
Center, 2019, OVERDOSE, solo exhibition, eitoeiko, 2017, and others.

ARTWORKS

Left: Junta Egawa
Your Pain is Decomposed Imaginarily.
Oil on canvas
91×73cm
2021
Right: Shusuke Ao
Module/001-A
Cotton, Felt, Synthetic Leather, etc.
18×14cm
2021

EXHIBITION IMFORMATION
Exhibition Title： A Hue was an August Joke 色相は 8 月の冗談でした
Artists: Shusuke Ao, Junta Egawa
Schedule: September 3 - September 18, 2021
Open Hours: 12PM - 7PM
Closed on Sunday and Monday
Venue: eitoeiko
Address: 32-2, Yaraicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0805, JAPAN
Phone: +81 (0)3.6873.3830
Website: www.eitoeiko.com