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The artwork features a lone apple against a blurred, ethereal background of soft, muted tones. The minimalist composition draws the viewer's attention to the apple's solitary presence, accentuated by the delicate interplay of light and shadow. The subdued color palette and hazy atmosphere evoke a sense of tranquility and introspection, inviting the observer to contemplate the simple beauty and symbolic resonance of this everyday object. The artist's intentional use of selective focus and a dreamlike, atmospheric rendering suggests a meditation on themes of isolation, impermanence, and the fragility of the natural world. ...
Born in 1969 in Kobe, Shimabuku is an artist who collects unusual encounters. When he was younger, he wanted to become a poet or tourist guide. Today he is an artist, producer and smuggler of stories, customs and myths which he observes and collects on his journeys. Taking on the role of a Candide-like figure, Shimabuku travels the world, interacts with strangers, and converses with nature, instigating moments of poetry, humor, and wonderment, but also creating bridges between the specificities of different cultures and localities (nowadays a relevant position, considering our global world as a made up of a multitude of localities). Each of his works (including videos, sculptural installations, performance documentations, and photography) tells the story of these improbable encounters across borders, species, and states of being. This artist experiments all kinds of interaction, pushing back the limits of the physics and the imaginary. ...
Over the years, the gallery has developed a programme of exhibitions with Italian and international artists, focusing on themes related to time, space and the human condition. Moving to Milan in 2003, developed a narrative connected to a nomadic attitude, using different spaces in the city. ZERO... has collaborated with national and international museums, as well as public and private institutions.