One year after his first solo exhibition at galerie a, we will once again be hosting an exhibition by musician and poet Madoki Yamasaki, who will presenting his graffiti works. Yamasaki sings, recites, writes, and endlessly crafts together poems, broadening his range of expression as if he were placing a hyphen between each and every one of his words.
Dwelling in a forever-revolving world reminiscent of a whirlpool, this “hyphenated”
expressionist will reflect his madness on transparent glass vessels. This summer, come get a firsthand view of the feverish heat that gently surges out of Yamasaki.

This is a session between Madoki Yamasaki and galerie a that began from “Co-existence with Poems”. Madoki Yamasaki has been tagging words on walls as one form of expression since his teenage years, when he began learning music. Nobuhiko Akiyoshi of galerie a became acquainted with Yamasaki, got a hold of the poems crafted by the artist, and requested for Yamasaki to do an exhibition under the artistic theme “Placing poems in one’s everyday life”.
Yamasaki then spent his days in the room that Akiyoshi lent to him as a studio, continuing his production process as summer approached. This year, Yamasaki and Akiyoshi will engage in their second session.
A series of characters improvised in the most exquisite way. Strokes of varying size, continuing on and on. The groove in Madoka Yamasaki’s penmanship and spray painting convey a peculiar, unique rhythm. For this particular exhibition, Yamasaki’s medium will be glassware collected by Akiyoshi. Characters filling the surface of glass, being passed through by the light that comes in contact with it. This exhibition will demonstrate the various forms of expression done by Yamasaki within that capacity.