Meta Perspective: Naoya Oshima, Kisho Kikutani, Reo Kikuchi

SHIKISAISHA is pleased to present Meta Perspective, an exhibition featuring three artists who explore expressions that transcend the framework of Nihonga (Japanese painting). This exhibition reexamines the essence of painting as a medium, showcasing works that reconstruct it from new perspectives.
 

 
Naoya Oshima employs a method in which he prints and cuts photographs, then reconstructs them as paintings. By blurring the boundaries between reality and illusion, he questions how the act of painting retains its significance in an era saturated with visual information. Through painting as fiction, he paradoxically evokes a heightened sense of reality.
 

 
Kisho Kakutani creates works based on snapshots taken with his smartphone. For him, photographs serve as records of daily life and proof of existence. His blurred imagery, reminiscent of scenes viewed through frosted glass or curtains, stirs the viewer’s memories and invites multiple interpretations. While embracing the spirituality of Japanese art, he proposes a contemporary approach to painting.
 

 
Reo Kikuchi explores the significance of painting in an era when AI generates media, situating his work within the history of painting’s repeated “death and rebirth.” His art raises epistemological questions—How do we perceive images today?—and seeks to organically reconnect viewers with the act of seeing.
 

 
Meta Perspective brings together three distinct artistic approaches that, while utilizing different media, remain deeply engaged with the essence of painting.
 

 
What is painting? And how do we perceive it?
 

 
We hope this exhibition serves as a space to share and explore these questions.