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Pace Prints will open the first New York exhibition by Japanese artist Yusuke Hanai
\nPerseverance explores themes of resilience and overcoming in everyday life
\nIn addition to the showcase, Pace Prints is also releasing a new print edition by the artist available exclusively through the publisher<\/p>\n
Japanese artist Yusuke Hanai<\/a> is set to make his New York debut with a suite of new works on paper going up at Pace Prints. Alongside the exhibition, Pace Prints<\/a> will also be releasing a new edition by the artist created during his time at the publisher\u2019s atelier.<\/p>\n Fusing a \u201960s countercultural feel with the aesthetics retro-Americana surf culture, Hanai\u2019s graphic style is unmissable. The upcoming showcase, titled Perseverance, centers wry yet tender scenes of resilience, while introducing a new painting technique for the artist. By stretching sheets of paper over wooden panels, and using gouache for rich tones and thick linework, the resulting effect brings a comic-esque element to Hanai\u2019s already cartoonish figures, and gives the floor to happy accidents of color and form.\n<\/p>\n Anchored by a \u201cwe all fall down and get back up\u201d attitude, a mentality that the artist and devoted surfer knows well, the exhibition explores everyday expressions of its titular \u201cperseverance,\u201d and the ability to overcome through individual or collective action. In \u201cFace,\u201d a fellow surfer reluctantly returns to the tide right after being knocked down by a wave, while \u201cTeam Up\u201d shows humans and animals standing in solidarity with one another. \u201cIn Hanai\u2019s work there is always harmony to be found,\u201d the gallery wrote, \u201cbut only after pushing through the chaos with an open heart and fierce determination.\u201d\n<\/p>\n