Shinpei Kusanagi
Overview
Shinpei Kusanagi, Oven, 2022
Shinpei Kusanagi (b. 1973) lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. Utilizing a technique reminiscent of traditional Japanese nijimi, Kusanagi stains untreated canvas with layers of translucent color. Incorporating improvisational brushstrokes in vivid hues, the compositions hover on the surface and then recede into deep space. Kusanagi’s uninhibited use of color offers oscillating contrast and harmony, resulting in abstracted landscapes that appear simultaneously dynamic and serene.
Documents
Shinpei Kusanagi, Oven, 2022
Works
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Shinpei Kusanagi404 not found, 2024Acrylic on canvas63 3/4 x 51 in
162.1 x 129.5 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiCage, 2024Acrylic on canvas63 3/4 x 51 in
162.1 x 129.5 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiDogs bark, but the caravan goes on, 2022Acrylic on canvas71 5/8 x 89 5/8 in
182 x 227.5 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiOven, 2022Acrylic on canvas71 5/8 x 89 5/8 in
182 x 227.5 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiSAVANNA, 2022Acrylic on canvas25 3/4 x 20 7/8 in
65.5 x 53 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiGreek, 2021Acrylic on canvas23 7/8 x 19 3/4 in
60.6 x 50 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiThe Ally 2021, 2021Acrylic on canvas71 5/8 x 89 5/8 in
182 x 227.5 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiCome Again, 2020Acrylic on canvas63 7/8 x 51 3/8 in
162.1 x 130.5 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiCold water, 2018Acrylic on canvas20 7/8 x 18 in
53 x 45.6 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiHead, 2018Acrylic on canvas46 1/8 x 35 7/8 in
117 x 91.2 cm
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Shinpei Kusanagithe arrow, 2017Acrylic on canvas63 3/4 x 51 1/4 in
162 x 130.3 cm -
Shinpei Kusanagiaway, 2014Acrylic on canvas31 3/4 x 25 3/4 in
80.5 x 65.5 cm -
Shinpei Kusanagiview from the platform, 2013Acrylic on canvasThree panels: 28 3/4 x 28 3/4 in each
73 x 73 cm -
Shinpei KusanagiSentinel, 2008Acrylic on canvas51 1/2 x 64 in
130.81 x 162.56 cm
Installation Views
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MOT Collection: Walking, Traveling, Moving ―From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present Special feature, 2023-24
Installation view
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Photography by Masaru Yanagiba
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Building and Dreaming, 2021-2022
Installation view
BY ART MATTERS Museum, Hangzhou, China
Photography by Wu Qingshan
Credit to BY ART MATTERS天目里美术馆
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Shinpei Kusanagi
MOT Satellite SPRING 2017
by the deep riversInstallation view
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Photography by Kenji Takahashi -
nowhere now here, 2015
Installation viewTaka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Exhibitions
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San Francisco Art Fair 2025
Booth A03 Apr 17 - 20, 2025Read more -
Shinpei Kusanagi
A view from a platform Mar 21 - Apr 20, 2024Read more -
Shinpei Kusanagi
All things must pass Sep 15 - Oct 22, 2022Read more -
Shinpei Kusanagi
A view from a platform Jun 16 - Jul 17, 2021Read more -
Shinpei Kusanagi
Something is happening which is not happening at all Sep 1 - Oct 31, 2020Read more -
10-Year Anniversary Exhibition
(Benefitting Tipping Point Community) Apr 26 - May 4, 2019Altman Siegel is pleased to present our 10-year anniversary exhibition. To show our appreciation for the artists, institutions, and community members who have supported our programming, we’ve organized a weeklong...Read more -
Shinpei Kusanagi
Mindlake Nov 1 - Dec 21, 2018Altman Siegel is pleased to present Mindlake , Shinpei Kusanagi's third solo exhibition at the gallery. Mindlake continues Kusanagi's interest in nurturing visual movement, with both the surfaces of his...Read more -
LISTE Art Fair Basel 2017
Shinpei Kusanagi, Will Rogan, and Sara VanDerBeek Jun 13 - 18, 2017Read more -
Will and Be Going To
An inaugural exhibition of the gallery artists at our new location 1150 25th Street Nov 11 - Dec 17, 2016Read more -
Shinpei Kusanagi
so far so close Mar 6 - Apr 19, 2014Altman Siegel proudly presents the second solo show at the gallery of Tokyo based painter Shinpei Kusanagi. The exhibition will feature the artist’s abstract paintings paired with his illustration work,...Read more -
. . . And Then There Was X
Matt Keegan, Shinpei Kusanagi, Devin Leonardi, Trevor Paglen, Will Rogen, Garth Weiser May 21 - Jun 26, 2010Altman Siegel is pleased to present …And Then There Was X , a group show featuring highlights of the gallery program. …And Then There Was X includes new work by...Read more -
Shinpei Kusanagi
Towing Voyage Nov 5 - Dec 19, 2009Altman Siegel is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Japanese painter Shinpei Kusanagi. Kusanagi will introduce new work in his debut exhibition Towing Voyage , which will be the...Read more -
see: Abstraction (disambiguation)
Shinpei Kusanagi, Sara VanDerBeek, Garth Weiser Jul 16 - Sep 19, 2009Altman Siegel Gallery is pleased to present ‘see: Abstraction (disambiguation) ’ an exhibition of work by Sara VanDerBeek, Shinpei Kusanagi and Garth Weiser. This will be the first time all...Read more
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