WHITESTONE Karuizawa, a gallery on the first floor of Karuizawa New Art Museum, will be hosting "UNSEEN: Quiet Landscapes Within," a solo exhibition by artist Marino Funahashi, his first at WHITESTONE.
Based on the concept of "portraying the time of nature," Marino Funahashi focuses on invisible time and memory, and uses natural motifs to abstractly depict scenes engraved in the past with color and texture.
On the screen, organic traces blend together in color and texture, materializing time itself. These fragments evoke memories and quietly resonate with the viewer's innermost memories.
This exhibition will feature paintings, primarily from the new series "Trace of quiet landscapes," as well as drawings.
Please come and enjoy Marino Funahashi's tranquil world, where a glimpse of transience can be found amidst vibrant colors.

Below is the artist's statement:

The images and materials that the past has contained are
Eventually, as it circulates, it loses its outline and fades away.

However, as these quiet presences pile up, I incorporate them onto the canvas as another new virtual space.

Time, existence, memory, and the invisible world
They connect seamlessly from the inside to the outside, as if quietly seeping out, creating a unique and captivating scene.

In his work, he alternates between unconscious automatism and deliberate construction.
He attempts to express painting as "accumulation" and as "words."

I hope that the atmosphere and layers that float within the paintings will quietly touch the viewer's inner self and create a dialogue that transcends language.

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