Chris Duncan "Playing Fields"
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At Nakaochiai Gallery
Media: Painting, Installation, Art Party
Oakland-based artist Chris Duncan comes to Tokyo’s Nakaochiai Gallery to present his signature string installation and new paintings on paper and panel. Duncan’s site-specific string installation has been shown at numerous arts centers and galleries in the US, while his paintings will receive their first showing at Nakaochiai Gallery.
The show’s title, ‘Playing Fields’ reflects Duncan’s interest in the metaphorical playing field, the place where society finds itself embroiled in constant competition. Duncan says, ‘we are all scrambling to get ahead, climb the corporate ladder, rise to the top, but in the end we are all just a small piece to an indefinable puzzle, no one being any better or worse than another.’
Visitors who previously saw Duncan's work at Nakaochiai Gallery’s 2005 show ‘Realms of San Francisco’ will see a marked development in the artist’s style. The work on display at Playing Fields departs from his earlier representational imagery; rather, the abstract paintings and installation invite the viewer into the field itself.
There will be an opening reception with the artist on October 14 (Saturday), from 18:00 - 21:00 and the artist will also be at the gallery on October 15 (Sunday).
[Image: The playing field #3 (everything is everything or something: daylight disappointments), 2006. Marker, graphite, latex and enamel paint, ink, wood putty and varnish on paper.]
Schedule
From 2006-10-15 To 2006-11-19
Artist(s)
Website
http://www.nakaochiaigallery.com (Japanese) (venue's website)
Fee
Free
Venue Hours
From 14:00 To 18:00
Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Note:Open Fridays 18:00-21:00, Saturdays and Sundays 14:00-19:00; Also open by appointment - Call the Gallery.
Access
10 minutes walk from Nakai Station on the Seibu Shinjuku or Toei Oedo Lines, or 7 minutes walk from exit A1 at Ochiai Minami-Nagasaki Station on the Toei Oedo Line.
Address
4-13-5 Naka-Ochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161-0032
Phone: 03-5988-7830
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Reviews
Oakland-based artist Chris Duncan is currently exhibiting at the Nakaochiai Gallery. His installation Creation Song is a powerful presence within the intimate gallery space, which has been painted black for the first time, with all outside light shut out.
Interview with the Nakaochiai Gallery
The Nakaochiai gallery, housed in a former kakigori and okashiya shop (Japanese shaved ice desert and cake shop), is tucked away in a serene, beautiful residential area of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
カキ氷とお菓子を売っていたお店の跡地に建てられた中落合ギャラリーは、東京都新宿区の穏やかで美しい住宅地に佇んでいる。ジュリア・バーンズ、クリント・タニグチ、脇山優美子によって運営されているこのギャラリーは、日本だけではなく世界中から各世代のアーティストを紹介し、実際のギャラリースペースだけでなく、インターネット上のヴァーチャルスペースにおいても、多くの作品を探し、紹介している。
Playing with energy
By Samantha Sinnayah
Special to The Japan Times
Here, that simplest of materials, common string, is turned into rays of light that radiate across the ceiling to the edges of the room, and fall from the center into a majestic pyramid. The gallery's newly painted black walls, along with the strings' gentle presence, create a sense of peace and tranquillity rather like deep space...
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Chris Duncan "Playing Fields"</a>
Venue: Nakaochiai Gallery
Schedule: From 2006-10-15 To 2006-11-19
Address: 4-13-5 Naka-Ochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161-0032
Phone: 03-5988-7830
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