The exhibition features 25 mixed media works from his ongoing series: Values: Diamond Collages, Locus of Momentum: Bicycle Drawings, and Colors in Destruction: The Destruction Paintings.
Dichotomy of Life focuses on Kentaro Fujioka's fascination with dialectic methods, which defines his persona in the art world as well as his method in practice of art-making. As an artist without attachment to any specific style, technique, or tradition, Fujioka has been dealing with the contradiction between his admiration for art establishments and his being outside of such establishments. Fujioka takes advantage of this situation in accomplishing his goal, that is to connect art and life, by exploring possibilities of materials which is often non-conventional. Fujioka's freedom is related to the use of ordinary objects in his art making: his bicycle as a drawing tool or house paint swatches as materials are juxtaposed with his meticulous preparations and application. “I find that freedom requires a lot of discipline. But I don't mind it because that is the dichotomy of life.” 
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