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放浪と学習の年 (Years of Wandering and Learning) is an exhibition by Cape Town artist Richard Mason, in which he explores nostalgia as a form of escapism that can never be full realized, resulting in an ever-changing, and often disorientating, hybrid reality.

For this new body of work, Mason chose to paint on Dibond, the go-to aluminum composite substrate as a replacement to canvas, due to its lightweight, rigid nature and excellent archival properties. It allows Mason to work into the surface in a way not possible on traditional surfaces and has become his signature medium.

Through his artistic …