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In this exhibition, two Japanese artists: Kaoru Arima and Hikari Ono are brought into dialogue for the first time. At first glance their practices may appear distant: Arima works primarily through painting, while Ono develops her language through sculptural forms made from clay. Yet beneath this apparent difference lies a profound philosophical and conceptual affinity. The exhibition proposes that their works meet not in material, but in vision in the way both artists approach the act of creation as a meditative and almost metaphysical process.
Both Arima and Ono treat their respective mediums as surfaces of thought rather than mere techniques. Arima’s paintings unfold through subtle gestures and restrained compositions that evoke a contemplative state. His work reflects a sensibility deeply rooted in Japanese aesthetics, where emptiness, silence and the interval between forms become as significant as the forms themselves. The canvas becomes a field where presence and absence coexist,…
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In this exhibition, two Japanese artists: Kaoru Arima and Hikari Ono are brought into dialogue for the first time. At first glance their practices may appear distant: Arima works primarily through painting, while Ono develops her language through sculptural forms made from clay. Yet beneath this apparent difference lies a profound philosophical and conceptual affinity. The exhibition proposes that their works meet not in material, but in vision in the way both artists approach the act of creation as a meditative and almost metaphysical process.
Both Arima and Ono treat their respective mediums as surfaces of thought rather than mere techniques. Arima’s paintings unfold through subtle gestures and restrained compositions that evoke a contemplative state. His work reflects a sensibility deeply rooted in Japanese aesthetics, where emptiness, silence and the interval between forms become as significant as the forms themselves. The canvas becomes a field where presence and absence coexist,…



























