V1 Gallery is pleased to present
Hairy Tales
A solo exhibition by Misaki Kawai
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY MARCH 4. 2022. TIME: 16.00 - 21.00
EXHIBITION PERIOD: MARCH 5 – APRIL 6. 2022
hairy tales
we have hairy tails
out in the woods
we go hop skip jump
wonder tales
magic tales
we have fluffy tails
so puffy, so ticklish
we wash our tails in the puddle
charming tales
romantic tales
we have funny tails
sometimes up sometimes down
we can also spin our tails
sunny tales
moon tales
- Misaki Kawai, 2022
The exhibition presents a new series of exuberant paintings and fluffy sculptures from the mind and hand of the Japanese master of intuitive contemporary kawaii. Over the past two decades Kawai has continued to engage, develop and expand the figurative language of painting, sculpture and installation. Vibrant and bold, often on the verge of compositional collapse, punk and cute, works with gut, history, humour, empathy and edge.
Misaki Kawai, b. 1978, Kawaga, Japan, and raised in Osaka, Japan, currently lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. recent solo exhibitions include Fluffy Paws, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy, 2021. In Residence, Outpost, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021. Moko Moko Doki Doki, The Hole, New York, USA, 2021. Moja Moja Life: Misaki Kawai For Kids 2020, NGV Triennial 2020, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2020. hairy tales is Misaki Kawai’s third solo exhibition with V1 Gallery and will be accompanied by a new publication.
Hairy Tales
A solo exhibition by Misaki Kawai
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY MARCH 4. 2022. TIME: 16.00 - 21.00
EXHIBITION PERIOD: MARCH 5 – APRIL 6. 2022
hairy tales
we have hairy tails
out in the woods
we go hop skip jump
wonder tales
magic tales
we have fluffy tails
so puffy, so ticklish
we wash our tails in the puddle
charming tales
romantic tales
we have funny tails
sometimes up sometimes down
we can also spin our tails
sunny tales
moon tales
- Misaki Kawai, 2022
The exhibition presents a new series of exuberant paintings and fluffy sculptures from the mind and hand of the Japanese master of intuitive contemporary kawaii. Over the past two decades Kawai has continued to engage, develop and expand the figurative language of painting, sculpture and installation. Vibrant and bold, often on the verge of compositional collapse, punk and cute, works with gut, history, humour, empathy and edge.
Misaki Kawai, b. 1978, Kawaga, Japan, and raised in Osaka, Japan, currently lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. recent solo exhibitions include Fluffy Paws, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy, 2021. In Residence, Outpost, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021. Moko Moko Doki Doki, The Hole, New York, USA, 2021. Moja Moja Life: Misaki Kawai For Kids 2020, NGV Triennial 2020, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2020. hairy tales is Misaki Kawai’s third solo exhibition with V1 Gallery and will be accompanied by a new publication.
