"Bat Walk": Hiroya Kurata Presents Baseball Askew www.juxtapoz.com

Returning to Tokyo for the first time in six years, Hiroya Kurata aptly makes his exhibition debut at Koki Arts.
"I spent my youth in Tokyo," Kurata explains, "So it feels great seeing old and new friends and family here in Tokyo."
Consisting of mostly small scale pieces the artist could stow in his luggage, the exhibition further explores his whimsical Bat Walk series, explaining "It is my ongoing series of painting of a baseball bat... walking.
The askew, animated baseball bats represent a free soul traversing through a manga-inflected depiction of the Japanese countryside, creating a surreal 'East meets West' structure.
Maybe not so into following Major League Baseball as a sport, but I love the concept of it."