TAKUMA OUE yet untitled (tank, oil) 2026 Photograph, ink, and oil on cotton 141.8 × 120.3 × 3.5 cm / 55.8 × 47.4 × 1.4 in
LURF GALLERY presents PAINTING, a group exhibition showcasing seven contemporary artists on the gallery’s second floor from 11 July through 16 August 2026. The act of painting encompasses far more than the simple application of pigment; it is an intricate process where medium, color, support, and the emergence of form continually intersect.
Featuring Miki Ishiyama, Rio Uchino, Takuma Oue, Narumi Tsubakino, Fu Nagasawa, Kousuke Nishimura, and Eri Fukami, this exhibition gathers seven distinct artistic inquiries into a single space, offering a multifaceted view of contemporary painting as it quietly expands its own boundaries.
Miki Ishiyama views painting as a conduit connecting visual art with ancient human traditions of faith, ritual, and imagination.
Incorporating everyday objects like mops and fabrics alongside her canvases, Ishiyama transforms ordinary tools into ritualistic objects, casting light on the subconscious and the invisible spiritual dimensions often overlooked in modern society.
MIKI ISHIYAMA
Rio Uchino shifts the relationship between paintings and walls out into three-dimensional space, weaving thread-like strands of paint that float independently.
Suspended in the air, her works interact dynamically with gravity, light, and ambient air currents, making the surrounding environment an active venue for the artwork rather than a static backdrop.
Meanwhile, Takuma Oue investigates space and location through personal physical sensations, treating the territorial occupation of a environment as a primary conceptual framework.
Investigating the threshold of perception, Narumi Tsubakino captures forms in the delicate state just before they solidify into fixed imagery.
NARUMI TSUBAKINO visions diagram #74 2026 oil on canvas 162 × 130.3 × 3.2 cm / 63.8 × 51.3 × 1.3 in
By layering architectural fragments, human contours, and optical phenomena, Tsubakino presents painting as a way to touch the shifting process of sight and memory rather than a tool for definitive representation.
Kousuke Nishimura utilizes decalcomania—pressing and peeling paint between boards or fabrics—to reduce deliberate lines and marks into accidental material phenomena.
KOUSUKE NISHIMURA 参考作品
Nishimura finds beauty in the absurdity of images that generate outside conscious control.
Fu Nagasawa re-examines Eastern traditions of painting by drawing inspiration from functional, daily objects like hand-painted ceramics, sliding door panels, and folk art.
FU NAGASAWA Waterweed 2026 oil on canvas 130.3 × 89.4 × 2.4 cm / 51.3 × 35.2 × 0.9 in
She highlights how images rooted in everyday life carry prayers, decorations, and personal wishes across generations.
Finally, Eri Fukami approaches human figures as shifting fragments of memory, nature, and fluid identity, portraying beings that transcend rigid boundaries of gender or species.
Viewing the human form as a soul possessing a body, Fukami captures the accumulation of life, earth, and spirit, creating a powerful collective dialogue on what it means to construct image and meaning today.
ERI FUKAMI
