Exciting news! Sato Gallery is opening a showroom in Rotterdam!
On Friday May 19th, from 16.00 CET we celebrate our new space with the exhibition "Tokyo Ukiyo.e".
Imagine Tokyo in pixels and you might head somewhat towards the mind of Excalibur: an artist collective from Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2007 by Yoshinori Tanaka.
The art of EXCALIBUR is strongly influenced by the graphic appearance of Nintendo in the 1980s and by the golden age of video games. As a base, they use the same 8bit pixel as the video games of that time giving its work a strong sense of nostalgia.
One of EXCALIBUR's signature works is his exciting version of Ukiyo-e, a traditional genre of Japanese wood graving often depicting beautiful women, Sumo wrestlers and city scapes. EXCALIBUR uses urban city scapes as an inspiration. In pixels Tokyo becomes a potential playground for gaming. Its called Ukiyo.e
We celebrate the new space together with our neighbor Yoko Negi, a Japanese flower artist who is based in both Paris and Rotterdam, whose space will open at the same moment.
OPENING
Friday May 19th, from 16.00 CET
Insulindestraat 76 & 78, Rotterdam
