
May 31, 2022
May 31, 2022
GGA Gallery at the Wynwood Walls proudly presents British isles artist Dan Kitchener’s very first solo show in the United States: Tokyo Rain. The exhibition debuted to the public on Friday, Might 20, 2022, Kitchener (also known as DANK) will existing a assortment of in no way-ahead of-seen functions that consist of source photography, sketchbooks, drawings and spellbinding substantial scale paintings. This vary of do the job highlights Kitchener’s specialist draftsmanship and deft freehand spray paint techniques that reveal the fascinating genesis from photograph to sketch to portray.
Even though Tokyo Rain is Kitchener’s 1st solo display in the U.S. and at GGA Gallery, viewers may possibly acknowledge his function from his big mural painted within the Wynwood Walls in 2019. It stays a single of the most photographed and participating murals within the museum partitions.
A portray by Dan Kitchener normally starts with a photograph he’s taken from a instant in his authentic lifestyle. The title of the present, Tokyo Rain, invokes a common scene Kitchener finds himself in: in the center of the night, as rain pours down, he stands continue to as the town scurries all around him, functioning for cover from the storm. What sooner or later translates to canvas is an ethereal snapshot of that second in time. He captures that kinetic electricity with saturated hues, blurred strains and epic scale seemingly impossibly through the nozzle of a spray can.
In the course of his total everyday living, Kitchener has absorbed Japanese society from black and white samurai movies, Godzilla and monster motion pictures, manga and even typography. These influences sort Kitchener’s otherworldly, cinematic fashion. This deep regard and fascination continues as Kitchener travels to new places around the world. His travels now span dozens of cities and are remembered as a result of hundreds of murals left at the rear of.
Dan Kitchener and GGA curator Peter Tunney have worked intently alongside one another about the final 12 months to put alongside one another this astounding study of DANKs function. Even though it’s really hard to feel, Kitchener uses practically solely spray paint to generate his signature performs. The exhibition depicts scenes from Shinjuku, Shibuya, Akihabara, New York City, London and further than. Tokyo Rain will be open to the community May well 20, 2022 via July 2022.
Dan Kitchener is a British artist centered in London, who is acknowledged for his system of freehand spray paint on the partitions of renowned cities all over the globe. From New York Town, Moscow, Tokyo, Hong Kong to Kazakhstan, Canada, and Europe, his tremendous colorful murals depict road scenes and wet night time cityscapes, bringing mild, shade and electricity to these environments. With a focus on lights, his artworks have an impressionistic high-quality, giving the viewer with scenes that resonate with anyone who has at any time walked in a city at night. Being a significant portion of the road art/mural scene since the get started of the movement for practically 16 decades, Dan Kitchener’s popularity carries on to skyrocket, working with noteworthy stars this sort of as Kylie Jenner, Miley Cyrus, Sir Paul McCartney and Lenny Kravitz. He has labored his way all-around the world getting a person of the top figures in the street artwork planet, creating a lasting affect on metropolitan areas just one mural at a time.
GGA Gallery is found within the Wynwood Walls at 266 NW 26th St, Miami, FL 33127.
