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Kei Takemura "Even if we're not together"
Taka Ishii Gallery
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Kei Takemura
This exhibition is Berlin-based artist Kei Takemura's second solo exhibition with the gallery, and includes a new installation of four large works (100" x 127") comprised of two layers of embroidery and photograph/drawing, as well as small sculptures from the series "renovation."
For Takemura, the act of embroidery creates a "tentative" state. She considers her memory through an objective practice. This "tentative" state is the realized action of her thought that this state equals the present state of art. Her works represent a means to find beauty itself and also the relationship between a perspective and an environment.
When the line of light falling on a piece of work overlaps with the embroidery details' shadow, the memory of place is evoked through that image. The artist's memory does not consist of her memory but interrelated memories of others that gradually extend and evoke universal memories that may involve unknown people.
[Image: Kei Takemura "renovated K.K.'s tea cup" 2007, (Japanese silk thread, Italian synthetic cloth, K.K.'s tea cup which K.T. used at her home) 13 x 12 x 6 cm]
For Takemura, the act of embroidery creates a "tentative" state. She considers her memory through an objective practice. This "tentative" state is the realized action of her thought that this state equals the present state of art. Her works represent a means to find beauty itself and also the relationship between a perspective and an environment.
When the line of light falling on a piece of work overlaps with the embroidery details' shadow, the memory of place is evoked through that image. The artist's memory does not consist of her memory but interrelated memories of others that gradually extend and evoke universal memories that may involve unknown people.
[Image: Kei Takemura "renovated K.K.'s tea cup" 2007, (Japanese silk thread, Italian synthetic cloth, K.K.'s tea cup which K.T. used at her home) 13 x 12 x 6 cm]
Schedule | Sep 1 (Sat) 2007-Sep 29 (Sat) 2007 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.takaishiigallery.com/exhibition/2007/09_even_if_were_not_together/ | ||||
| Venue | Taka Ishii Gallery http://www.takaishiigallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 3F Complex665, 6-5-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||
| Access | 2 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. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6434-7010 | ||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it |
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