水面のような自由なにじみがあいまいで豊かなイメージをもたらす、具象でありながら抽象という丸山独自の絵画は、下地材を施していないカンヴァスに水を引き、絵具をにじませていくステイニングの技法を用いて描かれている。本展では初公開のドローイング群も交えて構成し、「絵画の内部にしか発生しない空間の可能性」を探求する制作を総合的に展覧する。

Maruyama's idiosyncratic paintings, rendered in a figurative yet abstract style in which free-form blotting resembling the surface of water generates imagery that is both ambiguous and exuberant, are painted using a staining technique that involves pouring water on the bare canvas and allowing the pigment to soak in and spread. This exhibition will include a group of his drawings on display for the first time as part of a comprehensive overview of a practice that explores "the possibilities of spaces that are only generated within a painting."

1964

Born in Niigata, Japan

1996-1997

Program of the Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Berlin, Germany), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

Currently

Lives and works in Tokyo