This year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. On November 30, 2022, the Sensory Dimension - StareReap 2.5 Ricoh Art Gallery Exhibition, jointly organized by Ricoh Project and Branding Shanghai, was launched at Yunjian Art Museum in Shanghai.
This group exhibition is the first time that the StareReap project has come to China, and the first time that works presented at the RICOH ART GALLERY in Tokyo have come to China. The exhibition includes not only Japanese artists, but also cutting-edge artists active overseas. Among the Japanese artists are: Katsuhiko Hibino, Daisuke Yokota, Teppei Kaneuji, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Kenta Kobayashi Kobayashi and CHRIS; British artists include Ryan Gander and Jonathan Monk.
The exhibition site.
Exhibition opening site.
StareReap is an art project initiated by Ricoh Co., LTD., which uses printing technology in collaboration with contemporary artists to create a series of innovative works. The works in this exhibition are no longer the traditional paper and canvas, but are printed and produced on a variety of materials such as metal, glass, acrylic and wood. It can present subtle images and spatial textures that cannot be compared with traditional printing processes. From flat to three-dimensional, the works are expressed through various forms and media such as digital works, photos, collages, etc., with complex bumps and textures to expand the artist's creative inspiration.
Exhibition opening site.
Pang Jie, founder of Branding Shanghai.
Exhibiting artist
Daisuke Yokota/Daisuke Yokota
Born in Saitama, Japan in 1983, he is one of Japan's leading photographers, whose work has been exhibited worldwide and has also published at Tate Modern. Yokota's unique method of making the film is to create chemical changes such as pouring hot water on the surface of the film, and to integrate the complex expression of the film into the work. StareReap is based on photographic works and strives to three-dimensional the fine textures such as wrinkles and ridges seen in the works.
Untitled. Works by Yokota Daisuke
2021/100.0x80.0cm/UV stereoscopic inkjet printing (StareReap 2.5/2.5D printing)/PVC board.
Teppei Kaneuji/Teppei Kaneuji
Born in Kyoto, Japan in 1978, he is an associate professor of sculpture at the Department of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of the Arts. His works are collected by the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the 21st Century Art Museum and KADIST USA. The exhibition "Sea and Pus" is a representative series of Mr. Kim's. In this series, Keppin Kinshi collages subjects from his own photographs and pre-existing photos with liquid images extracted from cosmetics and food packaging photos overlapping and printed on clear acrylic sheets with liquid patterns.
The Sea and Pus (Portrait of a Fossil). Works by Teppin Kinthi
2006 2020/35.9 × 54.0cm/UV inkjet printing (StareReap 2.5/2.5D printing)/Acrylic sheet, resin
Hibino Katsuhiko Hibino
Born in 1958 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Katsuhiko Hibino, who made his name with corrugated paper in the 1980s, is now known as the president of the Tokyo University of the Arts, the only national art university in Japan, and the director of the Gifu Art Museum. Japanese 80's culture is popular around the world as "urban pop" and "80's" culture, and Hibino is considered its symbolic presence. An important piece made by Hibino in the 1980s with the theme of "dog", the charm of the original work is shown without loss with the latest technology of StareReap.
BOW Extra Large. Works by Katsuhiko Hibino
1982, 2020/88.8 ×69.5 cm/UV stereoscopic inkjet printing [StareReap 2.5 (2.5D) printing] / acrylic plate
CHRIS
Born in Japan in 1982, he has created works that combine street and pop culture with his favorite sport of baseball. CHRIS is also originally active in the fashion industry and has held a number of solo exhibitions as a modern artist in recent years. Using a collage technique that strips away images such as magazines, he re-created them as completely different materials with the latest technology, and his work was collected by Justin Bieber.
Newbie #019. CHRIS works
2021/82 x 70.4cm/UV inkjet printing (StareReap 2.5/2.5D printing)/Acrylic sheet, aluminum alloy
Kenta Kobayashi/Kenta Kobayashi
Born in 1992 in Kanagawa, Japan, he is one of the most sought-after emerging photographers in Japan, courted by luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Parada. His works are known for their vivid images and colorful output styles on the computer. For this collaboration with StareReap, Kobayashi chose black and white. Living in Shibuya, Tokyo is an irreplaceable experience for the artist, who uses the landscape of Shibuya as a theme to express the crystallization of memories in three-dimensional space. His works are in the collection of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
Untitled #9. Works by Kenta Kobayashi
2021/86.6 × 128.1 × 4 cm/UV stereoscopic inkjet printing [StareReap 2.5 (2.5D) printing] / Acrylic sheet
Oyama Enrikoisisam/Enrico Isamu Oyama
Born in 1983 in Tokyo, Japan, Enrico Oyama Isamu is highly regarded as an artist who confronts the street art of modern art. The main feature of his published works is the extraction of action images of graffiti known as "fast rotating structures." In collaboration with StareReap, the image was decomposed and reconstructed from a microscopic perspective, resulting in the "SPECULA" series of repetitive images.
Expansion #18. By Dashan Enlikoisam
2021/100.8 x 100.8 x 5cm/UV stereoscopic inkjet printing [StareReap 2.5 (2.5D) printing] / Aluminum alloy, PVC plate
Ryan Gander
Born in Chester, England in 1976, Ryan Gunder is a pioneer in environmental art and has exhibited at world-class museums and major galleries. These include the 54th Venice Biennale (2011), the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2019), the Kotrijk Triennale (2021) and the Sydney Biennale (2022). The exhibition features cartoonish works based on Picasso's overlapping drawings with his own, as well as optical scanning and stereoscopic printing of his signature waterproof tape.
"Four Dimensional Experience prototype (Museum selfie group)". Ryan Gander
2022/58.0 x 40.2cm/UV stereoscopic inkjet printing [StareReap 2.5 (2.5D) printing] / Aluminum sheet
Jonathan Monk/Jonathan Monk
Born in Leicester, England in 1969, he is one of the leading artists in the field of conceptual art, along with Ryan Gander. While making full use of and paying tribute to the dual image, the artist quotes Saul Luwitt, Win Kawahara, and Christopher Wohl, and makes the production on the theme of the process of the creation of the work itself. The works in this exhibition are based on a photograph of a scarf taken by Saul Luwitt and electronically simulate its texture, asking the viewer about the meaning of the substance that exists on the flat surface.
Saul Levy Folded #1-8. Works by Jonathan Munk
2021/51.2 × 41.2cm (per sheet)/UV stereoscopic inkjet printing [StareReap 2.5 (2.5D) printing] / Acrylic sheet
about the StareReap project
StareReap is an art project initiated by Ricoh to create new works of art using three-dimensional printing technology through collaboration with modern artists. So far, StareReap, centered around the RICOH ART GALLERY in Ginza, Tokyo, has successfully organized exhibitions with artists from Japan and around the world.
StareReap 2.5 (2.5D) refers to the use of UV stereoscopic inkjet printing technology of approximately 23 microns. The technology can stack multiple layers of very fine UV ink droplets to fully display complex bumps and textures that are not possible with traditional printmaking and printing techniques (screen and lithography). The technology can also be printed on a variety of materials, such as metal, glass, and wood, and can print subtle expressions and spatial textures that cannot be accomplished by hand, thereby expanding the tension of the artist's expression.
StareReap fully respects the free imagination of artists and is constantly committed to creating works that transcend technology through trial and error with artists. The aim of the project was to find new ways of expression as the print director and artist worked together to hone their ideas.
about Branding Shanghai
Branding Shanghai (Shanghai Chengshi Brand Development Center) is a non-profit organization, dedicated to building a professional platform for international image dissemination of Shanghai. The center has cooperated closely with the government for a long time, integrated all resources, shaped the image of the city with brand ideas, helped international brands settle in China, and helped domestic brands go to the world.
The Center has participated in the planning and organization of Shanghai city image promotion activities in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Japan and other places, the "Focus on China" project during the Edinburgh Art Festival in the United Kingdom, and the "World Cities Day" series of promotion activities. Art projects range from the "HOME·TOWN Photo and Art Exhibition" to PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai.
Exhibition time: November 30 - December 15, 2022
Venue: Yun Jian Art Museum, 29th Floor, World Financial Center, 100 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai
