Japanese artist Teppei Takeda uses grand, gestural brush strokes to create abstract portraits of his subjects.
Takeda is somewhat of an anomaly.
That day came in the summer of 2016 when Takeda held his first solo exhibition at local gallery Kuguru.
Maho Kubota GalleryTeppei Takeda’s current show at Maho Kubota Gallery in Tokyo, titled “Paintings of Paintings,” recently opened and is on view through October 12, 2019.
Morioka Shoten, the Ginza bookshop that only carries 1 title per week, is currently selling Takeda’s book of paintings (through 9/15).