opening 30 may, 16.00 - 20.00h

Upstream Gallery is proud to present the exhibition Wanderer by Daichi Takagi in the gallery's private viewing space, opening during Amsterdam Art Week 2024.

Takagi is an artist based in Kanagawa, Japan. His work often explores the interplay between abstract and figurative painting. When Takagi spent some time in the Netherlands in 2018, his work took a shift when he started working more intuitively. His abstract geometric work gave way to more recognisable motifs. Moreover, he became more aware of his Japanese heritage within a Western cultural context, resulting in a dialogue between Eastern and Western aesthetic influences in his current work.

Wanderer showcases some of Takagi’s most recent landscape paintings. These mystical, moonlit atmospheres depict a solitary figure amidst the overwhelming nature. In the contemplative paintings, the artist explores both inner and outer worlds and the relationship between them. The works are in line with painterly traditions such as Romanticism, and at the same time, the influence of Japanese Ukiyo-e and ink painting is also evident.

Image:  Daichi Takagi, Wanderer (2024)