AISHO Hong Kong is honoured to announce Japanese artist Wataru Ozu’s first solo exhibition “Between Stillness” in Hong Kong. The show is on view from 5 September to 3 October, 2025.

In this solo exhibition, while reconsidering "Ma（間）" - one of the essential elements in Japanese art - Ozu has painted vanitas motifs known in Western art, such as clocks, fruits, flowers, lobsters, and crabs. By directing consciousness toward the empty spaces and silence that emerge between these elements, the artist contemplates the spaces between objects, between different cultures, and between paintings and viewers.

“For me, ‘Ma’ is not merely empty space. While it serves as a boundary connecting the space of painting with the space where viewers stand, it is also a place that gives breath to this relationship and brings both tension and relaxation to the painting. I understand ‘Ma’ as ‘a state where one can choose whether to paint or not to paint.’ There is a fluctuation in this selection process, and I believe this very fluctuation gives richness to the painting. This perspective of valuing the subtle presence and silence that float in between represents my understanding of Japanese art's essence and forms the core of this body of work.”

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