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Exhibitions

Erin Wright

Installation view, artwork: Erin Wright

MAKI Gallery is pleased to announce Nearly Natural, Los Angeles-based artist Erin Wright’s first solo exhibition in Japan, at MAKI Gallery / Tennoz, Tokyo. In this compelling new body of work, Wright rigorously examines the contemporary condition through the precise and potent metaphor of bonsai, uncovering a nuanced dialogue between disciplined cultivation and the aesthetics of self-styling.

At the core of the exhibition lies the artist’s incisive conceptual parallel: the bonsai tree as a mirror for the modern bachelor. This unexpected yet trenchant comparison illuminates the intricate discipline, restraint, and aesthetic control inherent in both the cultivation of bonsai and the often unseen grooming rituals of the single man. Wright posits that just as bonsai are shaped through guided growth and careful intervention, so too are individuals subjected to invisible structures of taste, identity, and desirability. The resulting forms exist in a state of continuous transformation, embodying a sophisticated blend of organic integrity and social performance.

Nearly Natural offers a multifaceted meditation on the art of cultivation, control, and the pervasive human impulse to shape both nature and self. Through her meticulously rendered bonsai portraits, Wright presents a compelling and humorous inquiry into the construction of identity in the contemporary world.
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