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From July 30 to September 11, 2021, Sokyo Gallery and Sokyo Annex are pleased to present Jonathan Hammer’s solo exhibition: OPERATION OCTOPUS and Marukawa Collection: SCROLL AND TENTACLE at the same time. The solo exhibition features his signature marquetry of diverse exotic animal skins tooled in gold leaf, along with drawings on handmade washi paper from Shikoku, and three new ceramic works. This is Hammer’s second exhibition in Japan and his first with Sokyo in Kyoto. The collection of Hammer's works in the Marukawa Collection started from a friendship and sympathy between different …