WKM Gallery is pleased to announce In Pursuit of Totality: Paintings from 1950 to 1998, a retrospective exhibition showcasing key works by Japanese painter Yamada Masaaki (1929 - 2010) from Shane Akeroyd. This exhibition brings together paintings from Yamada’s three major series, Still Life, Work, and Color, tracing his evolution from contemplative still life paintings to rhythmic abstractions and, finally, to meditative color fields. Yamada’s practice is increasingly being recognized as a vital contribution to the discourse on post-war Japanese abstraction, and In Pursuit of Totality: Paintings from 1950 to 1998 offers a timely opportunity to reassess the work of a historically underacknowledged artist whose sustained formal inquiry pioneered advances in the language of modernism.

Opening Reception: 7 June 2025 | 4 - 7 pm

Gallery address: 20/F, Coda Designer Centre, Wong Chuk Hang