Whitestone Gallery H Queen’s is delighted to present  “Kazuharu Hanada: Pirka．Northland”, a solo exhibition by Japanese abstract artist Kazuharu Hanada (1946-2017). Composed of geometric lines and figures, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong brings not only rich lyricism and clear visual effect, but also the refreshing scenery of Hokkaido, the birthplace of Hanada.

In Kazuharu Hanada’s words, “Paintings composed with a theme of relations between emotion and recognition, utilizing geometric lines and shapes.” In 1965 he entered the Oil Painting Department of the Tokyo University of the Arts, and began his academic activities in Tokyo. As a postgraduate student he pursued art further in a class taught by Ryohei Koiso, and observing his work from that time it is clear that he was experimenting in various forms of modern art. From pre-war styles such as Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism, to post-war abstract expressionism, works from “Row of Poplar Trees”(1961-1964) to “Untitled”(1969) have shown the process of approach establishment on abstract scenery painting. 

Gallery address: 7-8/F, H Queen’s, Central