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Satoru Aoyama "Crowing in the Studio"
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Satoru Aoyama
This exhibition features works by Satoru Aoyama. Included are detailed drawings of his studio, a number of sketch-like drawings created with a sewing machine, and an animated collaboration with his artist friend Jin Kurashige. In a different approach from his previous exhibitions, he has created an installation with a room full of drawings accompanied by an animation piece.
Aoyama is concerned about our tendency to rely on technological advancement. Technology has surely brought convenience to our life, and yet potentially can lessen the creativity and sensitivity that we are born with. The stitch patterns on his drawings created with the sewing machine are a symbol of industrialization in the 19th century, but could also be associated with computer pixels, a critical pointer to the inherent rationalism in modernity.
This exhibition, "Crowing in the Studio," raises questions regarding the relationship between technology and tradition in art and society at large, rather than conveying simply the production process. Aoyama also ventures into new personal territory by incorporating his imagination, through which he refers to his own identity.
Talk Event
October 27th (Sat) 19:00-
Guests: Tetsuya Ozaki (ARTiT), Kenji Kubota (Curator), Hisashi Tenmyoya (Artist)
Fee: ¥500
* This talk will be conducted in Japanese only.
[Image: "Crowing in the Studio: Overview" (2007) Embroidery on polyester 40.8 x 34.6 x 3cm. Photo by Kei Miyajima. Courtesy the artist and Mizuma Art Gallery]
Aoyama is concerned about our tendency to rely on technological advancement. Technology has surely brought convenience to our life, and yet potentially can lessen the creativity and sensitivity that we are born with. The stitch patterns on his drawings created with the sewing machine are a symbol of industrialization in the 19th century, but could also be associated with computer pixels, a critical pointer to the inherent rationalism in modernity.
This exhibition, "Crowing in the Studio," raises questions regarding the relationship between technology and tradition in art and society at large, rather than conveying simply the production process. Aoyama also ventures into new personal territory by incorporating his imagination, through which he refers to his own identity.
Talk Event
October 27th (Sat) 19:00-
Guests: Tetsuya Ozaki (ARTiT), Kenji Kubota (Curator), Hisashi Tenmyoya (Artist)
Fee: ¥500
* This talk will be conducted in Japanese only.
[Image: "Crowing in the Studio: Overview" (2007) Embroidery on polyester 40.8 x 34.6 x 3cm. Photo by Kei Miyajima. Courtesy the artist and Mizuma Art Gallery]
Schedule | Oct 17 (Wed) 2007-Nov 17 (Sat) 2007 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.mizuma-art.co.jp/exhibition/e_1191651436.php | ||||
| Venue | Mizuma Action http://www.mizuma-art.co.jp/top_e.php | ||||
| Location | 2F Kagura Bldg., 3-13 Ichigayatamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 5 at Ichigaya Station on the Yurakucho and Namboku lines, 8 minute walk from the West exit of JR Iidabashi Station, 8 minute walk from exit B2a at Iidabashi Station on the Tozai, Yurakucho and Namboku lines. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3268-2500 | ||||
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