A collection of work by Japanese artist Keita Morimoto (beforehand featured here). Born in Osaka and presently primarily based in Tokyo, Morimoto moved to Canada after graduating from highschool. He lived in Toronto for 16 years earlier than returning to Japan in 2022. Morimoto’s creative strategy is very empathetic as he usually locations himself within the footwear of his topics, portray from their perspective reasonably than asserting himself or his personal standpoint.
His newest solo exhibition builds on beforehand explored themes such because the challenges of latest city life and the specialness of the unusual or on a regular basis. Based mostly on his personal pictures, Morimoto’s work don’t depict fictional worlds imagined by the artist. They symbolize particular moments within the lives of his topics whereby they’re able to assert their individuality with out being constrained by the roles society has assigned them. See extra photographs from “A Little Nearer” under or on show at Kotaro Nukaga, Roppongi till September 16.