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The Beauty of Imperfection
The Beauty of Imperfection
June 9, 2020
Albarrán Cabrera: The Mouth of Krishna #240
© Albarrán Cabrera courtesy of IBASHO Gallery
From June 11 to August 30, 2020, Antwerp’s IBASHO Gallery explores the Japanese concept of wabi sabi – the art of finding beauty in the incomplete.
This summer the IBASHO Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium, hosts a group exhibition dedicated to the concept of wabi sabi. In traditional Japanese aesthetics, the term describes the beauty of things that are "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”. Wabi sabi can allude to a quiet simplicity, an understated elegance – or flaws that make an object unique, such as a patina developed with age, or visible signs of repair.
The exhibition in Antwerp presents works by nine Japanese and three European artists: the Spanish photographer duo Albarrán Cabrera (both b. 1969), Casper Faassen (b. 1975, Netherlands), Akiko Takizawa (b. 1971, Fukuoka), Mika Horie (b. 1984, Kyoto), Keiichi Ito (b. 1950, Tokyo), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (b. 1970, Yokoze), Margaret Lansink (b. 1961, Netherlands), Naohiro Ninomiya (b. 1969, Nagoya), Naoyuki Ogino (b. 1975, Tokyo), Motohiro Takeda (b. 1982, Hamamatsu), as well as the ceramic artists Shingo Ohira and Naoko Sano.
For further details visit IBASHO
This summer the IBASHO Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium, hosts a group exhibition dedicated to the concept of wabi sabi. In traditional Japanese aesthetics, the term describes the beauty of things that are "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”. Wabi sabi can allude to a quiet simplicity, an understated elegance – or flaws that make an object unique, such as a patina developed with age, or visible signs of repair.
The exhibition in Antwerp presents works by nine Japanese and three European artists: the Spanish photographer duo Albarrán Cabrera (both b. 1969), Casper Faassen (b. 1975, Netherlands), Akiko Takizawa (b. 1971, Fukuoka), Mika Horie (b. 1984, Kyoto), Keiichi Ito (b. 1950, Tokyo), Nobuyuki Kobayashi (b. 1970, Yokoze), Margaret Lansink (b. 1961, Netherlands), Naohiro Ninomiya (b. 1969, Nagoya), Naoyuki Ogino (b. 1975, Tokyo), Motohiro Takeda (b. 1982, Hamamatsu), as well as the ceramic artists Shingo Ohira and Naoko Sano.
For further details visit IBASHO
Albarrán Cabrera: The Mouth of Krishna #240
© Albarrán Cabrera courtesy of IBASHO Gallery
Norio Takasugi: 2-11-BR
© Norio Takasugi courtesy of IBASHO Gallery
Margaret Lansink: Tender
© Margaret Lansink courtesy of IBASHO Gallery
Akiko Takizawa: Goshogawara, Room Shoes＃1
© Akiko Takizawa courtesy of IBASHO Gallery