![中央：《But in truth, the first creatures were driven from the sea. They fled. That's why so many of us get seasick. A mudskipper crawled onto the beach, raising its head. "Look," he said, beholding the vast expanse. "Thousands of miles of flat nothing."[改行] Fish swim through water endlessly; no end to the water they swim. Birds fly through sky ceaselessly; no end to the sky they fly. [改行] There is no reason. We skipped the light fandango, though in truth we were at sea. She said, "I'm home" leaving for the coast. [改行] Darkness covered the empty earth; The Spirit hovered over waters. Let there be waters teeming with life, birds multiplying on earth. All that moves in sea and sky, each according to its kind, merely drifted through the world. Evening fell, then dawn broke. 》2024年 Courtesy of the artist and galerie frank elbaz, Paris](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_2400,h_2400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/ws-artlogicwebsite2462/usr/images/news/main_image/52/okazaki_kenjiro_mot_2025_photo_shu_nakagawa_exhibition_view_2.jpg)
中央：《But in truth, the first creatures were driven from the sea. They fled. That's why so many of us get seasick. A mudskipper crawled onto the beach, raising its head. "Look," he said, beholding the vast expanse. "Thousands of miles of flat nothing."[改行] Fish swim through water endlessly; no end to the water they swim. Birds fly through sky ceaselessly; no end to the sky they fly. [改行] There is no reason. We skipped the light fandango, though in truth we were at sea. She said, "I'm home" leaving for the coast. [改行] Darkness covered the empty earth; The Spirit hovered over waters. Let there be waters teeming with life, birds multiplying on earth. All that moves in sea and sky, each according to its kind, merely drifted through the world. Evening fell, then dawn broke. 》2024年 Courtesy of the artist and galerie frank elbaz, Paris
We are delighted to share that Kenjiro Okazaki has been awarded the 67th Mainichi Art Award.
His 2025 solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, titled 而今而後, Time Unfolding Here, offered an expansive survey of both recent and earlier works. Spanning painting, sculpture, and other media, the show highlighted an ongoing dialogue between material form, conceptual inquiry, and processes of transformation.
January 10, 2026
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