Exhibitions
HANDS
04.06.2026
Key Hiraga’s room
1970’s Works
7 May – 16 July 2026
Hands seek, welcome, brush against, hold, tremble, heal, mend, support, protect, intertwine, reveal, and ultimately let go, transforming every gesture into a silent form of relationship, attention, and care.
In the paintings of Key Hiraga, hands seem to express a yearning toward the other. In an age marked by distance and mediation, the act of touching and grazing another body takes on meanings different from those it held when the works were first conceived and created. For today’s viewer, it becomes the search for presence and contact.
The artist’s figures appear to entrust to their hands what their faces can no longer convey. Through gesture, the body attempts to transcend the boundary that separates individuals, imprisoned within appearances and imposed roles. Within proximity, there may still exist the possibility of mutual recognition.
The grasping hands, in their unease, also evoke desire and obsession, yet at the same time a fragile longing for belonging. In this way, Key Hiraga transforms the body into an emotional language and touch into a poetic form of connection.
Picture: Key Hiraga, Untitled, 1971, oil on canvas, details, 130 × 165 cm.
The exhibition Key Hiraga’s room is part of the ITALY–JAPAN, Japanese Artists in Milan since 1960 project, held under the patronage of the Japanese Consulate General in Milan.
Monday – Friday
11:00 am – 1:00 pm | 2:00 – 6:00 pm
Saturday by appointment
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