Art Piece

YUSUKE HANAI

Rain

Rain is a limited edition of 500 figures issued by a raffle to commemorate artist Yusuke Hanai's solo exhibition "FACING THE CURRENT". Yusuke Hanai once lived in San Francisco, the United States, so the street culture of the West Coast has a great influence on him, including the Beatles, hippos, surfers, and other diverse non-mainstream cultures. Yusuke Hanai's creation also mixes Eastern and Western elements. This exhibition sharing Yusuke Hanai's views and feelings on non-mainstream culture, displaying his largest three-dimensional sculptures to date, as well as his 19 oil paintings and multi-layer frameworks. The number of exhibits is the highest among overseas exhibitions over the years.

Yusuke Hanai hopes that viewers can see his works differently in their own perspective. When people look up to the sky, some may think, "It's finally raining! ", yet some might think, "Uh, it’s raining… ". No matter you see it in a positive or negative way, it’s always a pleasure for the artist to see viewers finding resonation through his works. In whatever way you see fit, he wants to express the fact that, "Rainy days never stay".

Rain figure sculpture is 15 inches tall, and limited to 500 pieces. The artist’s signature and serial number are printed on the bottom of the shoes, and it comes with wooden box packaging and an individually numbered certification card.