20 Aug – 17 Sep 2025
London, UK
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Unit, the contemporary art gallery in London, welcomes artist Sho Shibuya with the exhibition Falling from the Sky. Since 2020, the artist has greeted each morning with a painting, translating the day’s sky onto the front page of a newspaper. While his series of daily rituals primarily captures the sunrise, Falling from the Sky turns to the quieter subject of rain. Rendered from photographs of water streaking across glass, the works reflect on ephemerality and the meditative patterns formed by droplets in motion.
For Shibuya, rain carries both intimacy and tension. It recalls both personal memories and stark contrasts in how skies are experienced across the world. Where he finds comfort in gray clouds, others may see smoke or destruction. This duality infuses the series with a sense of fragility, transforming depictions of rain into reminders of peace’s vulnerability. Falling from the Sky asks viewers to linger with these moments, considering what endures after the storm has passed.
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