People Have The Power
Nanae Mitobe
MAY 18 - JULY 3, 2024
The 5th in Nanae Mitobe's popular art series featuring rock stars and musicians
"People Have The Power" at DIESEL ART GALLERY
DIESEL ART GALLERY will present "People Have The Power" a solo exhibition by artist Nanae Mitobe from May 18th (Sat) to July 3rd (Wed), 2024.
“People Have The Power” is the 5th installment in Nanae Mitobe's popular series of exhibitions featuring works inspired by rock stars and musicians. Previous exhibitions titled "Rock is Dead", "War is not over", "Let's Have a Dream!" and "Sit-In" have focused on rock symbolism and the power of music.
“People Have The Power” will provide viewers with an opportunity to engage in deep thought about the power of individual people, the power of the collective, and the role art and music can play in social change.
In addition to the display and sale of new art, T-shirts and related goods produced in collaboration with DIESEL will be on sale at this exhibition.
CONCEPT
The stars who have departed this world are often revisited and reconsidered in the news and social issues as eras change. Even absolute or universal authorities, norms, and doctrines shift. Since the rise of BLM, topics like gender, various races, and colonial history among minorities have become significant for Mitobe, who has always portrayed portraits.
In "People Have The Power", figures who fought against the Vietnam War, black discrimination, societal biases, and those who left significant marks in the pursuit of peace will emerge. Many of the works depicting these fighters indirectly portray images of media stars or celebrities, rather than directly drawing faces seen in the media. Thus, motifs as replicas through the media, such as magazine covers or record jackets, are depicted.
The venue is structured in red, symbolizing struggle and passion, with Mitobe directly applying "graffiti-like" paintings, creating an atmosphere intersecting Shibuya's street culture.
Installation pieces featuring DJ booths express nonviolent fights through music and art, scattering records and instruments, evoking scenes of fights or conflicts. While conveying dire situations at times, they can also carry positive messages standing with resisting individuals.
BIOGRAPHY
Nanae Mitobe
https://www.instagram.com/nanaemitobe/
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Painter, currently based in Vienna and Japan. Currently based in Vienna and Japan, he graduated from Nagoya Zokei University in 2011 and studied under painter Shigeru Hasegawa. 2022-2023, studied under Alastair Mackinven at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria as an exchange student. In 2024, she graduated from the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts, where she studied under painter Masato Kobayashi.
She painted thick, heavy paintings by boldly grabbing oil paints in a can with her hands. In her early works, she depicted celebrities and pop icons such as Michael Jackson, but a residency in the U.S. in 2014 led her to create the "DEPTH" series of highly abstract, anonymous faces, which she presented in a solo exhibition at the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in 2016, and in 2020 she exhibited her "I am" series of paintings at the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. Her first book of works "Rock is Dead" was published in 2022. In recent years, she has been showing her "Rock Star" and "TIME" series, as well as her "Picture Diary" series, which she created during the pandemic period by drawing inspiration from topics on Internet news. She expresses the times in a bold and original style, sometimes pop, sometimes ironic.
Major solo exhibitions include, in 2023: "Black Face・White Face" at rin art association, "Sin-In" at agnès b. galerie boutique, "WHAT COLOR DO YOU SEE?" at THE LOOP GALLERY, "Green and Red" at GUCCI NAMIKI (Tokyo). In 2022: "project N 85 Mitobe Nanae | I am not an Object" at Tokyo Opera City. In 2021: "I can't speak English" at NADiff Gallery, "Rock is Dead" at biscuit gallery. In 2019: "I am a yellow" at Maki Fine Arts. In 2016: "APMoA, ARCH vol.18 DEPTH - Dynamite Pigment -" at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, and others.
In major group exhibitions, in 2024: "Fellow Travelers of the Canvas: Ryutaro Takahashi Collection" at Yamagata Museum of Art, in 2022: "OKETA COLLECTION: THE SIRIUS" at Spiral Garden, in 2021: "VOCA Exhibition 2021" at Ueno Mori Art Museum, in 2020: "-Inside the Collector's Vault, vol.1-Unleashed Collection Exhibition" at WHAT, "From the museum collection 2020: third period" at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, in 2019: "Takahashi Collection-Where do we find the origin of Art?" at Tsuruoka Art Forum, in 2018: "Takahashi Collection-Face and Abstraction" at Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum, in 2017: "Abracadabra of Drawing" at Ichihara Lakeside Museum, "100100000000 Light-years Tunnel" at Musée Hamaguchi Yozo & Yamasa Collection, and others.
Public Collection: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, etc.
VIEW ARTWORKS
©Nanae Mitobe
DIESEL × NANAE MITOBE
In commemoration of the exhibition “People Have The Power”, DIESEL and Nanae Mitobe collaborative merchandise will be on sale.
T-shirts: ¥19,800 (tax included)
Color: White/Black
Size: XS / S / M / L / XL / XXL
Release date: 2024.5.18(Sat）
Retailer: DIESEL SHIBUYA, DIESEL Official online store
INSTALLATION IMAGES
Photo: Hayato Wakabayashi
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