Threads Wound for 100 Years Emerge into the Light: Shinichiro Yoshida's "Consciousness of White" Exhibition Opens at HOSOO GALLERY in Kyoto
Shinichiro Yoshida's exhibition "Consciousness of White" opens at HOSOO GALLERY in Kyoto, featuring new works with threads unwound after 100 years and white cloth pieces.Summary
Shinichiro Yoshida's exhibition "Consciousness of White" is on view at HOSOO GALLERY in Kyoto until March 20, 2027. It is the gallery's first show in five years since "Signs of White" in 2021. Born in Kyoto in 1948, Yoshida began painting white paintings in his twenties. A turning point came in 1977 when he met Joseph Beuys at Documenta in Kassel, Germany, who asked him why he painted white. After returning to Japan, Yoshida began collecting old Japanese hemp cloth, now exceeding 1,000 pieces. The exhibition features the new work "Consciousness of White," made by drawing threads from a bundle called "heso-maki" that had been wound for nearly 100 years, a new "White" juxtaposing white cloths of hemp and ramie, and an "experimental room" introducing collected materials. The title "Consciousness" embodies the question of what we are truly seeing. At the opening, HOSOO president Masataka Hosoo and curator Kumiko Idaka guided visitors through the exhibition.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)