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Riichi Yamaguchi "A sense of de-tach-ment"
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP
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Riichi Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi’s series “A sense of de-tach-ment”, which he started in 2001, evokes the alienation within contemporary human relations, and the sense of unease that arises when one’s sense of humanity is taken away.
While there is a lot of skin-to-skin contact depicted in the work, it does not carry with it the sense of solidarity that matters so much to human beings. And yet at the same time, these at once beautiful and ugly, corporeal scenes of unreality project a fantasy that tears down the wall of everyday rationality. These images work as a quiet stimulus for our feelings, which are suppressed by society.
The artist made the following comment about the preparation of his work for this exhibition:
“While making this work, I was particularly conscious of the sense of physical existence that cuts off spirituality. Photographed with a large format camera, the subjects in my work are depicted in fine detail, transformed by photographic technique into fine grains of silver, on photographic paper with a more of a sense of materiality than can be felt in reality itself. I hope that people who see my work will feel the steady weight of black silver as well as the sense that the body is the prison of the spirit’.”
Tokyo Gallery hopes that you will come and see this first solo exhibition by Riichi Yamaguchi, who has been nominated for the 10th Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award this year, and is increasingly the focus of attention in the art world. At the opening on February 28th, there will be a collaborative Butoh performance by internationally renowned dancer Yasuchika Konno, who will work to the theme of "the body" in Yamaguchi's work.
While there is a lot of skin-to-skin contact depicted in the work, it does not carry with it the sense of solidarity that matters so much to human beings. And yet at the same time, these at once beautiful and ugly, corporeal scenes of unreality project a fantasy that tears down the wall of everyday rationality. These images work as a quiet stimulus for our feelings, which are suppressed by society.
The artist made the following comment about the preparation of his work for this exhibition:
“While making this work, I was particularly conscious of the sense of physical existence that cuts off spirituality. Photographed with a large format camera, the subjects in my work are depicted in fine detail, transformed by photographic technique into fine grains of silver, on photographic paper with a more of a sense of materiality than can be felt in reality itself. I hope that people who see my work will feel the steady weight of black silver as well as the sense that the body is the prison of the spirit’.”
Tokyo Gallery hopes that you will come and see this first solo exhibition by Riichi Yamaguchi, who has been nominated for the 10th Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award this year, and is increasingly the focus of attention in the art world. At the opening on February 28th, there will be a collaborative Butoh performance by internationally renowned dancer Yasuchika Konno, who will work to the theme of "the body" in Yamaguchi's work.
Schedule | Feb 28 (Wed) 2007-Mar 24 (Sat) 2007 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Tokyo Gallery + BTAP http://www.tokyo-gallery.com/  | ||||
| Location | 7F, 8-10-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 | ||||
| Access | 4 minute walk from the Ginza exit of JR Shimbashi Station. 5 minute walk from exit A3 at Ginza Station on the Ginza, Hibiya and Marunouchi lines. 5 minute walk from exit 5 at Shiodome Station on the Toei Oedo or Yurikamome line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3571-1808 | ||||
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