wamono art is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong by Seiju Toda, one of Japan's leading art directors and a fine artist. The exhibition features a body of works from Toda’s signature HEIAN series.

The title "Heian"  corresponds to a name of the period in the middle age in Japan from the 8th to the 12th Century. However, with the title,   Toda has never intended to provoke any nostalgia for that period. Instead,   such elements as light, color, humidity, air, and tenderness that the word   Heian evokes in the artist's mind are the motivation of the project along with a hope the world today would reevaluate peace and well-being, which are just what the word Heian means. The concept of the creation is   "subtraction." Because the act of subtraction, as opposed to that of addition, can make things simple to stimulate people's imagination. In fact, this is the very virtue of the Japanese spirit of beauty. The materials are all "raw things" such as plain wood, living creatures and natural light. The shooting was done on a cloudy day at midday. The camera aperture is wide open and the distance from the subject is about 7-8 meters. The images are shot in a way that makes you feel as if you are watching with your own eyes open. Due to the difficult conditions to have, it took three years of shooting before he accomplished the project.

Gallery address: Unit A, 10/F, Derrick Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang