Rintaro's solo exhibition "Longing for Life" will be held at YUGEN Gallery from Saturday, November 26th to Thursday, December 1st, 2022.

Since childhood, sculptor Rintaro has been playing with toys of imaginary creatures such as monsters from special effects films and the animal-shaped robots known as "Zoids," and this has led him to wonder if he could create his own imaginary creatures.

Rintaro creates glue gun art using a glue gun (thermoplastic resin). For him, who wants to give form to his imagination immediately, the glue gun is the perfect material because it can bond any uneven surface and harden quickly.

After creating the various parts that make up a living organism, he combines them as improvised as possible to create imaginary organisms that reflect his own image and aspirations.

While pursuing the silhouettes of imaginary creatures and expressing their vitality, Rintaro became aware of the mysterious power inherent in nature itself and developed a strong sense of awe towards it. As a result, his recent works reflect a warning against the consumer society that runs counter to nature.

In addition to works expressing such imaginary lifeforms, this exhibition, "Yearning for Life," will also feature Rintaro's representative work, the "Golden Teahouse" series. In this series, hollow, mesh-like glue guns are decorated with luxurious lacquer and pure gold, contrasting the value of the object's form with the emptiness of its contents.

In addition, a number of semi-three-dimensional two-dimensional works that were born out of the creation of three-dimensional works will be shown for the first time at this exhibition. These works are a group of works by Rintaro, who focuses on the shapes of organs that form the basis of life, such as the brain and the heart, and contrast the mysterious silhouettes of organs that we cannot normally see with the empty inner world of people who disregard the importance of these organs. Please enjoy the world of Rintaro's glue gun art. This exhibition is the eleventh exhibition curated by YUGEN Gallery by ONBEAT, a bilingual art information magazine that looks back on Japanese art and culture and disseminates its appeal to the world.