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Nancy Toomey Fine Art
Crossroads – Meeting of Minds is a two-person exhibition at Nancy Toomey Fine Art in San Francisco that brings together Antwerp, Belgium, based painter Philip Willem Badenhorst and Kagawa, Japan, based sculptor Eiichi Tsujino. The two artists met in the early 2000s in Tokyo and, after maintaining a long friendship, last year exhibited their work together in Tsujino’s hometown of Sakaide on the island of Shikoku. In this current show, Philip Willem Badenhorst creates a visually intricate body of paintings that explores the historical and cultural connections between East and West through abstract patterns and symbols. Badenhorst is inspired by literature on the Silk Road and porcelain, while reflecting on themes of memory, spirituality, and the passage of time. Eiichi Tsujino creates realistic sculptures of ancient flora and fauna, using a unique charred wood technique to evoke the textures and warmth of nature while exploring the origins of biodiversity and the interplay of life forms in a quest for beauty and stillness.