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Richard Tuttle Exhibition
Tomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi
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Richard Tuttle
With a career spanning over 40 years, while he has been described as Post-Minimalist, this artist has tended to take his own approach to drawing, installation, painting, and sculpture, so that all of his activities have expanded the definition of the arts. From the mid-1960s, he used common items: paper, scrap wood and metal, plastic, wire, and so on to create sculptures. Until that time, these items tended to be overlooked and their ability to play a major role was largely denied, but through his exquisite work, they became liberated objects. At a time when the size and the mass of materials were used to overpower spaces, he focused on creating peculiar, sometimes even improvised works. The fundamental shape of his early freestanding simple forms were his drawings transferred to canvas, wood, and wire to become three-dimensional objects. He has diversified his materials over time and the forms have also become more complicated, but when we, the viewers, look at his works, we can see that the basic materials or natural items, with power that exceeds the boundaries of our world, continue to be used.
In pieces where both stoicism and abundance coexist, there is always an acute sense of adventure. As the arts tackle the issues that have emerged following the 20th century, this artist continues to search for his independent style, to question the concepts of composition and frame, explore the balance between line and volume, and merge the mystical with the material. His varied works include rows of small objects, each having a different form, or an installation in a corner. With objects hanging in your line of sight, the space will shift from the ordinary to a type of sacred space. In the words of the artist himself, "art is reality-based, not imitation based."
Opening Reception: June 30th, 18:00-20:00
In pieces where both stoicism and abundance coexist, there is always an acute sense of adventure. As the arts tackle the issues that have emerged following the 20th century, this artist continues to search for his independent style, to question the concepts of composition and frame, explore the balance between line and volume, and merge the mystical with the material. His varied works include rows of small objects, each having a different form, or an installation in a corner. With objects hanging in your line of sight, the space will shift from the ordinary to a type of sacred space. In the words of the artist himself, "art is reality-based, not imitation based."
Opening Reception: June 30th, 18:00-20:00
Schedule | Jun 30 (Sat) 2007-Jul 28 (Sat) 2007 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/exhibitions/p/KIYOSUMI/2007/0630RT/eng.html | ||||
| Venue | Tomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 2F 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 | 03-6434-7225 | ||||
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