Two-Person Exhibition by Kei Imazu and Bagus Pandega to Be Held at Naoshima New Museum. Opens This December
Kei Imazu and Bagus Pandega's two-person exhibition "Currents without Anchors" will open at Naoshima New Museum on December 12.Summary
At the Naoshima New Museum in Kagawa Prefecture, a two-person exhibition "Currents without Anchors" by Kei Imazu and Bagus Pandega will be held as part of the museum's partial winter exhibition change for the 2026 fiscal year. The opening date is December 12. Kei Imazu, born in 1980 in Yamaguchi Prefecture and based in Bandung, Indonesia, is known for paintings that archaeologically reconstruct fragmented digital spaces by excavating vast image archives of the internet era. Bagus Pandega, born in 1985 in Jakarta and based in Bandung, creates installations that combine everyday technology, plants, rare earth minerals, and musical instruments in a DIY manner, addressing the history and present of resource extraction. This exhibition marks the first full-scale museum collaboration for both artists. Conceived based on the connection between the Seto Inland Sea and Indonesia—both archipelagic environments—it attempts to visualize the movement of maritime resources, expanding desires, and associated memories of disasters and wars through concepts such as "currents," "purification and preservation," and "destruction and regeneration." The venue features diverse works and natural materials, including wave-like changing light, driftwood, large-scale paintings, and sound-producing sculptures, creating a space that suggests the state of our environment and world. Other works on display at the museum will continue to be shown.
(Source：美術手帖)