frantic gallery is pleased to present “frantic drawings” exhibition.
“drawings” proposes artistic expression that manifests transformation of objects, fusion of represented bodies, stressed materiality of a picture or unpredicted movement of artist’s hands. Being opened to experiment and research, drawing makes possible aesthetic experience of “spot” and “accident”, “incompleteness” and “indefiniteness”.
“frantic”, while meaning “agitated state” or “being out of control”, first hints on the character of unrestrained art of drawing itself, while in the same time stresses a particularity of drawn “altered bodies”, “visualized metamorphoses”, “destruction of a figure”, “intensity” and “unfolding”.
“frantic drawings” depict injury of things, clash of bodies, cruel merge of previously separate entities. Thus, “Bat Boy” of Ryoji Suzuki, first, synthesizes words “bad” and “bat” in the title of the work that depicts “a bad boy with a bat”, than, it shows a figure of a hooligan covered with white lines of bandage. Naoki Sasayama produces special pigments of watercolors to draw destroyed in auto catastrophe cars. Bodies in his works are mixed with metal of a vehicle and objects of surrounding landscape, composing filled with life “semi-organic carpets” and “catastrophic mutations” of metal and flesh.
“frantric drawings” generate vortex of figures and abstract tie of images. Aya Ohnishi creates room where intestines-like-tubes and parasite-like-ribbons interweave with each other giving birth to the Gordian Knots of representations. Recent research of Shu Ohno dedicated to Memory, Childhood and a figure of Huge Slag is represented by its last developments: the body of the worms and masses of slag attack apartment houses and untroubled daily life.
Finally, “frantic drawings” are pulling depicted figures to the extremes of abstract and concrete. Haruki Ogawa just with one spot and few thrown on paper accident lines of ink creates a figure of a man and rather definite emotional atmosphere. Taisuke Mohri, persistently struggling to overcome his already inhuman technical strength, reinforces depiction of barely seen details of a face thus pushing the portrait beyond “natural”, “mimetic”, “similar” and, eventually, “recognizable” and “concrete”.
“frantic drawings” exhibition, while radically manifesting features of watercolor and pencil, presents figures “out of control” and, since “frantic” is not only a word of the exhibition title, but a part of the gallery name as well, it is eventually proposes to its organizers, participants and guests to think about the identity of frantic gallery and frantic figures it is associated with.
A Naked Light Bulb (3 playing women)
A Naked Light Bulb 2 (Octopus Plug)
Room With Multiple Exits and Entrances
A Naked Light Bulb 3 (Narrow Room)
Daily life of a Garbage Pile 
Dinner Table
Joint
Circle I
Circle II
Centripetal
Humid
Bounce
Flight
Collision
Path
Float
The New World 1
The New World 02
The New World 03
The New World 04
Bat Boy
Fisher Boy
School Uniform Boy
Immeasurable Something
Ungraspable Something
Unrestrainable Something
Incomparable Something
A girl
frantic drawings |
- 1985
- Born in Kanagawa
- 2012
- Graduated Tokyo Zokei University, B.A., Painting Dep.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2014
- "Roentgenpainting", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2013
- "The Accumulation Spreads", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2009
- "Irritated Figures", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibition
- 2014
- "VOCA", The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
- 2012
- "Art Award Next", Tokyo Art Forum, Tokyo
- 2012
- "Resonance-Kyomei", Art Lab Hashimoto, Kanagawa
- 2012
- The 11th Gunma Biennale for Young Artist, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
- 2012
- "The 23rd Five Universities Exhibition", New National Museum of Art, Tokyo
- 2010
- "2010 FRANTIC UNDERLINES", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2010
- "frantic drawings", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2009
- Frantic Collection, art project frantic, Tokyo
- 2009
- My Favorite Things, art project frantic&unseal cotemporary joint exhibition, Tokyo
- 2008
- Today’s Lunch, ARC gallery
- 2008
- Five Art Universities Exhibit, Musashino Art University
Art Fairs
- 2008
- Art&Home Collection Exhibition, Yokohama
- 2009
- Young Art Taipei, Taipei
- 1981
- Born in Shiga, Japan.
- 2005
- Graduated from Osaka University of Arts.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2012
- "The Catastrophic Spectator", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2010
- "The Scene of Accident" Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2006
- "The Creation", Gallery Iteza, Kyoto
- 2005
- "Did my time", Gallery Iteza, Kyoto
- 2004
- "Heart full of pain", Gallery Iteza, Kyoto
- 2003
- "Boys don't cry", GUILD Gallery, Osaka
Group Exhibitions
- 2011
- "2011 FRANTIC UNDERLINES", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2010
- "2010 FRANTIC UNDERLINES Part 1", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
Oxidized Reality, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma2010
"frantic drawings", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo. - 2009
- "TANAGOKORO 9" Radi-um -Roentgenwerke, Tokyo.
- 2008
- "Moeglichkeit", Radi-um -Roentgenwerke, Tokyo.
"Negative/Art Vol.5", GEISAI Museum2, Tokyo. - 2007
- "Negative/Art Vol.4", Osaka Contemporary Art Centre Osaka.
"Negative/Art Vol.3", Gallery Wks, Osaka. - 2006
- Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo.
"Negative/Art Vol.2", Dohjidai Gallery on Art, Kyoto. - 2005
- "Negative/Art Vol.1", Dohjidai Gallery of Art, Kyoto.
- 2003
- "Dot", CASO, Osaka.
Important Private and Public Collections
The Museum Of Modern Art, Gunma鈴木良治
Ryoji Suzuki
- 1973
- Born in Chiba , Japan
- 1999
- Graduated Tama Art University, Art Course, Major in Print
- Born in Saitama
Awards
- The 61th Niki Exhibition Excellent prize
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2009
- "Box Series" Solo Show, Palais Project,Vienna
- 2008
- Ryoji Suzuki Solo Exhibition, Artis Kagurazaka Gallery, Tokyo
- 2007
- Ryoji Suzuki Solo Exhibition, Artis Kyoto Imadegawa Gallery, Kyoto
Ryoji Suzuki Solo Exhibition, Artis Kagurazaka Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibition
- 2009
- "New Asian Promises" Exhibition, Palais Project, Vienna
The 77th Exhibition of The Japan Print Association, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
The 63th Niki Exhibition,The National Art Center,Tokyo - 2003
- The 71th Exhivition of TheJapan Print Association.Tokyo Metoropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo.
Masuo Ikeda Commemoration Grand Prize Exhibition (Prize of Excellence),
Yokyo Arthall,Tokyo,OsakaContemporAryCenter,Osaka. - 2001
- The 55th Niki Exhibition,Tokyo Metoropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo.
- 1997
- The 65th Exhivition of TheJapan Print Association.
Tokyo Metoropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo.
大野修
Shu Ohno
- 1981
- Born in Fukuoka
- 2004
- Graduated Industrial University of Kyushu, Art Department, Sculpture
- 2006
- Master Degree at Tokyo Art University, Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
- 2006
- SUPER NOISE SCULPTURE, LIVE&MORIS, Tokyo
- 2008
- Our Forgotten Home Task, art project frantic, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
- 2008
- Artist Show, art project frantic, Tokyo
- 1983
- Born in Sapporo
- 2009
- Tokyo Art University, B.A. Industrial Arts
Awards
- 2008
- "Fujino Prize”, Fujino Kinzoku Co.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2013
- "The Resurrections", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2012
- "The Cracked Portraits", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibition
- 2010
- "2010 FRANTIC UNDERLINES", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2010
- "frantic drawings", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2009
- "Extra Real" Exhibition, ULTRA002, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
- 2009
- "My Favorite Things", art project frantic&unseal cotemporary Joint Exhibition, Tokyo
- 2009
- "Archives", Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo
- 2009
- "Graduated Works Exhibition of Tokyo Art University", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo
- 2008
- "stop by art", Ueno Station Gallery, Tokyo
- 2008
- "Vessels" Exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Department, Art Square, Tokyo
- 2006
- "plug", LE DECO, Tokyo
- Artist Name
- Aya Ohnishi/大西彩
- Title
- A Naked Light Bulb (3 playing women)
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- pencil on kent paper
- Size (cm)
- 42×54.9
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥40,000
- Ref.No
- AO_fd10001
- Artist Name
- Aya Ohnishi/大西彩
- Title
- A Naked Light Bulb 2 (Octopus Plug)
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- pencil on kent paper
- Size (cm)
- 42×54.9
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥40,000
- Ref.No
- AO_fd10002
- Artist Name
- Aya Ohnishi/大西彩
- Title
- Room With Multiple Exits and Entrances
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- pencil on kent paper
- Size (cm)
- 42×54.9
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥40,000
- Ref.No
- AO_fd10003
- Artist Name
- Aya Ohnishi/大西彩
- Title
- A Naked Light Bulb 3 (Narrow Room)
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- pencil on kent paper
- Size (cm)
- 42×54.9
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥40,000
- Ref.No
- AO_fd10004
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Daily life of a Garbage Pile
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 54.6x50
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10001
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Dinner Table
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 37.8x28
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10002
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Joint
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 45.4x45.4
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10003
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Circle I
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 56x56cm
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10004
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Circle II
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 56x56cm
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10005
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Centripetal
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 50x39
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10006
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Humid
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 40.8x40.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10007
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Bounce
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 50x39
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10008
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Flight
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 56x56
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10009
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Collision
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 56x49.9
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10010
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Path
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 40.8x40.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10011
- Artist Name
- Haruki Ogawa/小川晴輝
- Title
- Float
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor, pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 40.7x40.7
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥30,000
- Ref.No
- HO_fd10012
- Artist Name
- Naoki Sasayama/笹山直規
- Title
- The New World 1
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 72.7x60.6
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥95,000
- Ref.No
- NS_fd1001
- Artist Name
- Naoki Sasayama/笹山直規
- Title
- The New World 02
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 41×31.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥55,000
- Ref.No
- NS_fd1002
- Artist Name
- Naoki Sasayama/笹山直規
- Title
- The New World 03
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 41×31.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥55,000
- Ref.No
- NS_fd1003
- Artist Name
- Naoki Sasayama/笹山直規
- Title
- The New World 04
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 41×31.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥55,000
- Ref.No
- NS_fd1004
- Artist Name
- Ryoji Suzuki/鈴木良治
- Title
- Bat Boy
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- pencil on kent paper
- Size (cm)
- 21x33
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- framed
- Status
- available for ¥90,000
- Ref.No
- RS_fd1001
- Artist Name
- Ryoji Suzuki/鈴木良治
- Title
- Fisher Boy
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- pencil on kent paper
- Size (cm)
- 21x33
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- framed
- Status
- available for ¥90,000
- Ref.No
- RS_fd1002
- Artist Name
- Ryoji Suzuki/鈴木良治
- Title
- School Uniform Boy
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- pencil on kent paper
- Size (cm)
- 21x33
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- framed
- Status
- available for ¥90,000
- Ref.No
- RS_fd1003
- Artist Name
- Shu Ohno/大野修
- Title
- Immeasurable Something
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 29.6x42
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥38,000
- Ref.No
- SO_fd1001
- Artist Name
- Shu Ohno/大野修
- Title
- Ungraspable Something
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 41x32
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥38,000
- Ref.No
- SO_fd1002
- Artist Name
- Shu Ohno/大野修
- Title
- Unrestrainable Something
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 24.3x33.5
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥32,000
- Ref.No
- SO_fd1003
- Artist Name
- Shu Ohno/大野修
- Title
- Incomparable Something
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- ink on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 24.3x33.5
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥32,000
- Ref.No
- SO_fd1004
- Artist Name
- Taisuke Mohri/毛利太祐
- Title
- A girl
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- pencil on paper
- Size (cm)
- 60x60
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available for ¥250,000
- Ref.No
- TM_fd1001