Tomio Koyama Gallery Tokyo - Kyoto | TKG Editions　Ginza - Kyoto

» Introduction:

Ernest Caivano's meticulously detailed ink drawings depicts a strange mixture of beautiful birds and flowers, figurative forms of trees and people, abstract squares and cubes, and fragments of lines scattered. "A syncretist amalgam of folklore, fairytale, and scientific speculation, Caivano's narrative serves as a search for meaning lost inour won abundance of information" (Joao Ribas) Ernest Caivano seems to overlap the geometric theory for scientifically analyzing the structure of the universe and our imagination to decipher narrative, adopting the classic analogy method. The imaginative bird named by Caivano "philapore" blends with the stubs and the flower petals, and its feather into an abstract pattern creating an independent rhythm to the drawing's composition.

» Concept:

In this exhibition, 20 drawings will be shown. In addition to the detailed drawings in ink and charcoal, color drawings in watercolor and felt tip pen, and colorful collages will be on display. In the drawing titled "Her Affect on Branches" a little princess is trapped in a branch like a bagworm in a desolate landscape. It looks as if it became a knot rather than a trapped human figure. On the other hand, "Topology of Contact" is an all over pattern made of uneven surface covered by fine net that looks like fog. Topology that Caivano depicts is a map with a secret law that only he understands.

» Artist Biography:

Ernesto Caivano was born in Madrid, Spain in 1972. He spent the childhood in Buenos Aires. He has studied at The Cooper Union and Columbia University in New York. He currently lives and works in New York. He participated in "2004 Whitney Biennial" (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA). He had a solo show "Echo Gambit" (White Cube, London, UK, 2008). His selected group shows are　"Drawings A to Z" (Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009), "Art on Paper" (Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, USA, 2008), and more. His work is collected by MoMA. This will be his first solo show in Japan, after 4 years since the group show at Project Room / Tomio Koyama Gallery.