LURF GALLERY

2026.08.21 Fri. – 09.13 Sun.

Nariyama has presented works featuring images that are neither wholly abstract nor figurative. They arise from her attempt to translate the fresh impressions held in her memory into painting while preserving them as fully as possible. Faced with these ambiguous forms, viewers seek to reconcile them in their minds as recognizable images. In this sense, the viewer takes up and continues Nariyama's creative process, participating in it through the act of looking.

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2026.08.07 Fri. – 09.13 Sun.

Umemoto creates paintings based on people, landscapes, and other elements drawn from his immediate surroundings and everyday life. While depicting things that exist in reality, he is concerned not simply with capturing them as they are, but with the sense of dissonance and the inexplicable feelings that emerge through the act of painting.

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