Each of the four artists in this exhibition approach reality—and therefore also surreality—in vastly different ways. This radical subjectivity is what makes the show come alive. Hiroaki Konaka’s gauzy, lyrical paintings reflect his interest in memory and the personal. Takura Suzuki’s piece in the show, a dominating presence by virtue of its size, plays with references and ideas around the internet and smartphones. Tatsuya Matsushita’s work, with its echoes of the human body, is literally visceral. Taishi Shingu’s graphic and colorful manga references serialize experience into an impressionistic narrative. Each of them distorts and subverts reality in their own manner.

The original Surrealists were concerned with unlocking the secrets of the unconscious mind. By plumbing the depths of their psyches, they were able to vividly turn themselves inside out. We see a similar urge in the work in Subjective Surreality, though with such an array of aesthetic approaches it might be hard to recognize at first. Still, all four artists in this show have shown us what keeps them up at night, what most concerns them, and the secret content of their minds.