Akira Inaba / Henrik Godsk / Sablo Mikawa
“No Such Person”
1 Aug - 30 Aug, 2025
AISHO Hong Kong is delighted to present “No Such Person”, on viewing from Aug 1 to Aug 30, 2025. In this compelling group exhibition, three international artists - Sablo Mikawa, Henrik Godsk, and Akira Inaba - present their distinctive interpretations of the human figure, challenging our conventional understanding of portraiture.
The exhibition title "No Such Person" plays with the familiar bureaucratic phrase often encountered in official searches and postal system. In this digital age, this declaration of non-existence raises intriguing questions: What defines a person's presence? Can a portrait capture the true essence of an individual? When does representation become abstraction, and does authenticity lie in literal depiction?
Through diverse mediums and cultural perspectives, these artists explore the elusive nature of human identity. Their works navigate the space between representation and abstraction, recognition and anonymity. Japanese artist Sablo Mikawa's paintings disturb our expectations of traditional portraiture, while Danish artist Henrik Godsk's geometric figures reduce human forms to their essential elements. Meanwhile, Akira Inaba's sculptures translate the human presence into three-dimensional poetry.
Like a search yielding "No Such Person," these works suggest that the most profound portraits might be those that acknowledge the impossibility of fully capturing human identity. Each artist, in their unique way, creates figures that exist in a liminal space - present yet unidentifiable, familiar yet strange, documented yet impossible to catalogue. These works suggest that perhaps the most authentic portraits are those that dare to move beyond literal representation.
AISHO Hong Kong 很高興為大家呈獻「查無此人」。在這場引人深思的群展中,三位國際藝術家 —— Sablo Mikawa、Henrik Godsk 和 Akira Inaba,以各自獨特的風格詮釋人像,挑戰我們對肖像藝術的傳統認知。
展覽標題「查無此人」,源自官方檔案查詢時常見的冰冷用語。在這個數位時代,「查無此人」這樣的存在否定,引發了一連串值得探討的問題:是甚麼定義了一個人的存在?肖像能否捕捉個體的真實本質?在甚麼時候再現會轉變為抽象?真實性是否存在於逼真的描繪之中?
透過多元的媒材與文化視角,三位藝術家探索難以捉摸的人性特質。他們的作品在具象與抽象、可辨識與匿名之間遊走。日本藝術家 Sablo Mikawa 的繪畫打破我們對傳統肖像的期待,丹麥藝術家 Henrik Godsk 的幾何風格將人形簡化至最基本的設計元素,而 Akira Inaba 的雕塑則將人的存在化為了立體的詩意。
如同搜尋結果顯示「查無此人」,這些作品暗示了最深刻的肖像或許正是那些承認無法完整捕捉人性的作品。每位藝術家都以其獨特的方式,創造出存在於臨界空間的形象——既存在又無法辨識,既熟悉又陌生,既被記錄又無法歸檔。這些作品暗示,也許最真實的肖像正是那些敢於超越寫實再現的作品。