2024.08.03 – 09.14
Opening hour: 12.00-18.00
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Shigeru Hasegawa (b.1963) is a graduate of the Aichi University of the Arts with a specialty in oil painting. After graduating in 1988, he went on to study abroad in Germany and the Netherlands at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and De Ateliers of Amsterdam, respectively. Hasegawa then pivoted his practice from Europe to his home country, where he has since held numerous solo exhibitions. His work utilizes large canvases featuring jars, ginger, raw meat, and toy poodles, among other things, often drawing on items used in everyday life.

Using both concrete and abstract styles, Hasegawa belongs to the “New Figurative Painting” genre, which emerged in the 1990s. In addition to his art practice, he works with T&S Gallery (Tokyo, Meguro) to organize exhibitions for young and emerging artists.

From 2003-2004, he returned to Amsterdam, where he found inspiration in paintings from the Medieval paintings and Dutch domestic interior scenes, using relaxed, loose brushstrokes to compose his works. Starting in the 2000s, Hasegawa also developed a style that combines discrete, seemingly unrelated motifs together to form novel images.

After taking a break from publicly showing paintings in 2011, Hasegawa contributed works to the exhibition “HUMOR and LEAP of Thought” (Okazaki City Museum) in 2013, and has continued to create work in private. In 2019, a solo exhibition at Satoko Oe Contemporary (Tokyo) entitled “PAINTING” showcased his ever-evolving style, which, through its changes, continues to explore the essence of painting.

This exhibition combined old and previously undisplayed pieces, including a series depicting salmon.

From August 3, 2024 to November 10, 2024, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo will hold a solo exhibition of Hasegawa’s work titled “MOT Collection – Eye to Eye.”