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Mamoru Tsukada "Specter"

Tomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi
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Artists

Mamoru Tsukada
Mamoru Tsukada was born in Nagano prefecture in 1962. After studying photography in the U.S, he is currently based in Tokyo. He started his career as a photographer taking pictures of blind people. Blind people build their visual experience through their other senses and the image they create in their brain differs from our reality. Tsukada gets his artistic inspiration from working with them. He explores how an image functions, by making photographs that deviate from reality to arouse the unconsciousness.
In this exhibition "Specter", eight new works will be exhibited.
Tsukada said, "The new works have been created using a humorous and physical way, by putting masks over a camera lens. I use this technique in order to create an image of the inside and outside of masks at same time, in two dimensions. Front is back and back is front. This work is to reveal the 'optic nerve' rather than sight, which reflects and challenges how blind people recognize the world. As a continued ritual after 'Acephale' (2004) and 'Channeling' (2005), the 'Specter' is a physical challenge for the artist mediator."

Schedule

Mar 18 (Sat) 2006-Apr 8 (Sat) 2006 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-19:00
Closed
Monday, Sunday, Holidays
FeeFree
Websitehttp://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/e_kako_show/e_060318Tsukada.html
VenueTomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi
http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/
Location2F Complex665, 6-5-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
Access2 minute walk from exit 1b at Roppongi Station on the Hbiya or Toei Oedo line, 8 minute walk from exit 7 at Azabu-juban Station on the Nanboku or Toei Oedo line, 11 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line.
Phone03-6434-7225
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