Shimabuku
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The artwork appears to be a photographic landscape depicting a serene beach scene. The visual elements feature a mix of light and shadow, with the sun's rays filtering through the bare, twisted branches of the trees along the shoreline. The composition emphasizes the natural elements, such as the sand, the waves, and the silhouetted trees, creating a sense of tranquility and solitude. The subject matter is a rugged, untouched beach, evoking a sense of remoteness and environmental preservation. The artistic style and technique seem to be influenced by minimalism, with the sparse, yet striking, use of natural forms and the emphasis on the interplay of light and shadow. The overall context suggests the artist's intention to capture the beauty and 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.