Kenjiro Kitade "Kitade Art"
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At hpgrp Gallery Tokyo
Media: Sculpture, Art Party
The director of hpgrp Gallery New York, Shuhei Yamatani first met this artist in the summer of 2000. This artist's work "Kidoairaku (Delight Anger Sorrow Pleasure)," comprising an angry face and laughing face arranged back-to-back, was memorable to him for its originality and the strong presence of "a message." As can be seen in his more recent works, this artist has transferred his expressive style from ceramics to sculptural and does not deliver strongly the traditional Japanese cultural concepts surrounding ceramics of types of clay and subtleties of the baked surface and coloring. Rather, he fully utilizes the texture, mystique, peace, beauty, fear and sadness of clay itself and communicates his message more effectively.
Opening reception: November 9th (Fri), 19:00-21:00
Schedule
From 2007-11-08 To 2007-12-09
Artist(s)
Website
http://www.artdiv-hpf.com/tokyo/ (Japanese) (venue's website)
Fee
Free
Venue Hours
From 11:00 To 20:00
Note:Depends on each event
Access
3 minutes walk from Omotesando Station on the Chiyoda, Hanzomon and Ginza Lines.
Address
H.P.DECO 3F 5-2-11, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Phone: 03-3406-0032
Reviews
Japan Times Art Brief
By D.H. Rosen
"That was really tough for me, being at NYU, where almost everyone considers clay work as craft," he says. "Are these crafts?" he asks defiantly, pointing to his provocative sculptures ...
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Kenjiro Kitade "Kitade Art"</a>
Venue: hpgrp Gallery Tokyo
Schedule: From 2007-11-08 To 2007-12-09
Address: H.P.DECO 3F 5-2-11, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Phone: 03-3406-0032
Reviews
