Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present Floating in the Air in the Vicinity of a Convenience Store, Mr.’s (b. 1969, Cupa, Japan) first exhibition at Lehmann Maupin in Hong Kong and his fifth exhibition with the gallery since 2007. This exhibition will feature recent paintings, a sculpture, and a series of drawings.

Mr.’s work is closely linked to the Japanese movement “Superflat,” coined by artist Takashi Murakami in 2000. Superflat refers to a tendency toward two-dimensionality in Japanese visual art, animation, graphic design, and fashion that can be traced back to traditional painting of the 17th through 19th centuries known as nihonga. Contemporaneously, the style is linked with Japanese animation, anime, and comic books, manga, which proliferated after World War II. Over the span of nearly twenty years, Mr.’s oeuvre has elevated anime and manga subculture by highlighting its cultural significance rather than simply critiquing its frivolity.