Ichikawa’s artistic journey began as an attempt to find stability amidst an eventful and somewhat turbulent adolescence. While traveling across Japan, America, and Europe, Ichikawa began to keep notes and doodles of his memories as a way to record his memories amidst an ever-changing environment. As the habit morphed into a compulsive need, so too did Ichikawa’s obsession with discovering the perfect materials and methods to accurately depict his memories. The artist’s endless experimentation led him to the discovery of two processes which comprise the two series shown in the exhibition this time, his “Scorch Paintings (Senkōga)” and “Scrape Works”.