Work by Teppei Kaneuji up at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany, as part of the group exhibition The Cuteness Factor.
From the exhibition text:
The aim of the exhibition is to present and contextualise a current tendency in contemporary art, and especially in painting. The artworks, mainly by artists of the middle-aged generation, are constantly revisiting familiar characters from the cartoons of the 1990s. It is an easily detected visual language that oscillates between abstraction and figuration, experimenting with the conscious blurring and interplay or even separation of these two poles. The works are assembled in a patchwork-like manner, based on iconic symbols, elements taken from popular culture and a combination of various artistic styles.
Exhibiting artists include:
Katherine BERNHARDT, Cosima von BONIN, BOZÓ Szabolcs, Jon BURGERMAN, Paul CHAN, Maja DJORDJEVIC, Philip EMDE, FISCHER Judit, Max FREUND, GALLOV Péter, GELITIN, Antwan HORFEE, Ben JONES, Teppei KANEUJI, Misaki KAWAI, Austin LEE, Martin LUKÁČ, Markéta MAGIDOVÁ, MAKAI Mira, Eddie MARTINEZ, Annette MESSAGER, Takashi MURAKAMI, Robert NAVA, Anne NEUKAMP, Joakim OJANEN, Joyce PENSATO, Mario PICARDO, Paola PIVI, Hunter POTTER, Mika ROTTENBERG, TÓTH Balázs Máté, Felix TREADWELL
Open through November 12, 2023.
Read more here.