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"The Strength of Materials - Glass, Stone, Lacquer" Exhibition
Daikanyama Hillside Forum
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Artists
Niyoko Ikuta, Kosuke Katagiri, Kate Thomson, Tada Higashibata
Hillside Forum, Hillside Terrace Block F, Sarugakucho 18-8, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Composed of four solo exhibitions, this show is also a collaboration among the four artists taken as a whole, an attempt to bridge differences in media in order to explore joint possibilities for expression. For an artist, materials and media are the starting point of any artistic production. Once thoroughly at home with the particular characteristics of a given material, the artist can then breathe life into it and mould it expressively.
Niyoko Ikuta works with transparent glass. Even with "cold" glassware, a sense of warmth and gentleness is palpable.
Kosuke Katagiri's work resembles a rock that has been lying asleep and dormant under the ground, sternly woken up from its slumber. His work communicates a kind of eruptive geological energy.
The figures in Kate Thomson's work bear a strong likeness to Celtic fairies or vikings, strongly rooted in the earth and the brutality of nature.
Tada Higashibata's work is based on the traditional lacquer craft techniques used in Kyoto, but also incorporates influences from modern lifestyles today.
Although these disparate materials seem incompatible, they somehow echo each other. This exhibition gives not so much the impression of artwork laid out in an interior space, but makes rather a more visceral, concrete impact on the viewer, one that balances harmony and strength. Collaboratively-produced furniture is also on display.
Seminar:
Date and time: April 22nd (Tue) 18:00-20:30 (planned)
Admission free
Venue: Hillside Forum
Lecture: "Creating Space at the intersection of Architectural Design and Art"
Speaker: Jun Mitsui
(Pelli Clark Architects Japan, Mitsui Jun and Associates Architectural Design Office)
A reception will be held after the lecture.
Composed of four solo exhibitions, this show is also a collaboration among the four artists taken as a whole, an attempt to bridge differences in media in order to explore joint possibilities for expression. For an artist, materials and media are the starting point of any artistic production. Once thoroughly at home with the particular characteristics of a given material, the artist can then breathe life into it and mould it expressively.
Niyoko Ikuta works with transparent glass. Even with "cold" glassware, a sense of warmth and gentleness is palpable.
Kosuke Katagiri's work resembles a rock that has been lying asleep and dormant under the ground, sternly woken up from its slumber. His work communicates a kind of eruptive geological energy.
The figures in Kate Thomson's work bear a strong likeness to Celtic fairies or vikings, strongly rooted in the earth and the brutality of nature.
Tada Higashibata's work is based on the traditional lacquer craft techniques used in Kyoto, but also incorporates influences from modern lifestyles today.
Although these disparate materials seem incompatible, they somehow echo each other. This exhibition gives not so much the impression of artwork laid out in an interior space, but makes rather a more visceral, concrete impact on the viewer, one that balances harmony and strength. Collaboratively-produced furniture is also on display.
Seminar:
Date and time: April 22nd (Tue) 18:00-20:30 (planned)
Admission free
Venue: Hillside Forum
Lecture: "Creating Space at the intersection of Architectural Design and Art"
Speaker: Jun Mitsui
(Pelli Clark Architects Japan, Mitsui Jun and Associates Architectural Design Office)
A reception will be held after the lecture.
Schedule | Apr 15 (Tue) 2008-Apr 27 (Sun) 2008 Opening Hours Information
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| Venue | Daikanyama Hillside Forum http://www.hillsideterrace.com/  | ||
| Location | 18-8 Sarugakucho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033 | ||
| Access | 3 minute walk from Daikanyama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. | ||
| Phone | 03-5489-3705 | ||
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