Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2012

Young painter Shohei Takasaki says his art is about desire, but these aren’t the explicitly erotic images that have become a cliché of contemporary art. Instead, Takasaki’s canvasses are explosions of color and form. “Absolute beauty is the indefinable reason for desire,” he says. “I can never have enough of that desire, even though I experience it again and again. I want to create an object out of these desires…and put them all into one canvas.” On show are 50 works including paintings, sketches and prints as well at 3D work.

Shibuya Space Edge, until Sep 2 (listing).