06/04/2026
Opening tomorrow at : Kenjiro Okazaki’s first-ever UK exhibition, “Never could be any other way – anagnorisis.”
One of Japan’s leading contemporary artists, Okazaki () works across painting, sculpture, robotics, costume and set design, and architecture. At the core of his theoretical practice is the concept of zōkei (plastic arts): the making of form from substance. For Okazaki, zōkei brings perception and the world into relation—suggesting that our engagement with the universe is as malleable as the materials that shape it.
Join us for a special program celebrating the opening, with extended hours for London Gallery Weekend:
📍 Exhibition Walkthrough with Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki
June 5, 4–5 PM
📍 Opening Reception
June 5, 5–7 PM
📍 London Gallery Weekend Hours
June 5, 10 AM–7 PM
June 6, 10 AM–6 PM
June 7, 12–5 PM
“Kenjiro Okazaki: Never could be any other way – anagnorisis” is on view at our London gallery from June 5 through August 7.
Discover the Exhibition: https://hubs.la/Q04k0j_w0
Artwork: Kenjiro Okazaki, "The Kingfisher flew vigorously, her wings strong. She had rested in the quiet ark, consuming provisions. Upward she snared, beyond clouds, into blue ether above. Suddenly, her gray plumage transformed to brilliant blue, colored by the clear heights she reached./Blood rushes to her head. Wrinkles form around her beak. Nearly exploding with anger, she snaps her tail-feathers and turns./Beak cutting wind, wings flat, it strides swiftly forward. Passersby dare not stop it, frightened by its unnatural quick gait./Come here, darling, please approach. Emerging from shadows, somersaulting, briefly gleaming in sunlight before returning to shade. "Viens mon gros loulo" echoes repeatedly. This is how doves cry—an ancestral call, as if something remains lodged in their delicate feathered http://throats.," 2025; Kenjiro Okazaki, "The night is darkening round me/Clouds beyond clouds above me/行到水窮處, 坐看雲起時," 2026; Kenjiro Okazaki, "What is so rare as a day in June / 水無月 Water Moon / never have to see the day again," 2026; All works © Kenjiro Okazaki, courtesy Pace Gallery