The SHAPE OF AIR

March 28 - April 25, 2026

ISETAN SALONE TOKYO

Installation view, Aesther Chang: Solo Exhibition — *The Shape of Air*, ISETAN SALONE, Tokyo, 2026

ABOUT

The Shape of Air presents a series of imagined landscapes developed during Aesther Chang’s residence in Kyoto, Japan. Grounded in close observation of the sky, the paintings explore light, movement, and atmospheric transformation.

Drawn to transitional hours such as dawn and dusk, Chang examines moments in which color softens and perception slows. In these fleeting intervals, boundaries between reality and imagination begin to dissolve, allowing emotional and sensory experience to take precedence over representation.

These paintings exist in a dynamic balance of opposing forces: luminosity and shadow, stillness and motion, clarity and obscurity, serenity and chaos. Made with multiple layers of oil paint, marble, and botanical dye, each piece unfolds gradually through material change and continuous becoming.

The exhibition’s title, The Shape of Air, refers to forms emerging from absence. Air becomes a metaphor for something intangible yet perceptible, shaped through light and shifting perception. Likewise, each painting begins from a place of void, slowly taking form and remaining in flux as light alters its presence.

Date/Time: 3.28—4.25, 2026
Location: ISETAN SALONE TOKYO イセタンサローネ
〒107-0052 Tokyo, Minato City, Akasaka, 9 Chome−7−4 １階・２階東京ミッドタウンガレリア
Support: Moor Gallery

PRESS & INTERVIEWS

View Press Release Eng/日本語

 ISETAN — The Shape of Air Interview by moor gallery

Cite Tokyo "The Stillness of Becoming / 生成の静けさ"

ONLINE CATALOG

Access and download the full online catalog: THE SHAPE OF AIR CATALOG

Price List available upon request.

INQUIRIES

For purchases, please get in touch with: aesther.art@gmail.com

ARTWORK

EXHIBITION

ISETAN SALONE TOKYO

Studio Production

Kyoto, Japan

“I see myself as a vessel, something that holds and carries expression, rather than generating it solely from within.
When I am able to empty myself, it creates space for many possibilities to emerge within the paintings.”

“Ultimately, I want to create works that embody a kind of living light, something not fixed, but alive, carrying a presence that can be felt. My works continue to shift with light and shadow. It may sound paradoxical, but when a painting continues to change and reveal different facets over time, that is when I feel it is complete. At that point, it has a breath, a pulse, its own presence. Reaching that state often requires a long process of change, and once it does, I feel the work has matured and gained depth.”

Exhibition and Artwork images by Kohei Yamamoto