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Naoya Hatakeyama "Tracing Lines / Yamate-Dori"
Taka Ishii Gallery
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Naoya Hatakeyama
Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to announce our forthcoming solo exhibition with Naoya Hatakeyama, “Tracing Lines / Yamate-Dori”. The series of works presented in this exhibition are comprised of photographs taken by Hatakeyama between 2008 and 2010 of Yamate-Dori, which runs north-south through Tokyo for 10km, from the Ohashi intersection to the Kumano-cho intersection.
Hatakeyama refers to the same title "Tracing Lines" in his text for the catalogue published in conjunction with his solo exhibition "Draftsman's Pencil" (The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 2007). In this text, he alludes to the notion that everything which exists within the metropolis is constructed upon the basis of some form of human resolve – even the most insignificant of fragments have been determined by human hands- and questions the possibilities of responding and living within such a context.
Beneath Yamate-Dori runs the Yamate tunnel, an expressway newly opened to traffic this March. Throughout the duration of Hatakeyama's study, construction work constantly took place on the ground, allowing the landscape to literally transform itself continuously on a daily basis. The lines drawn by human hands shape the metropolis - akin to nature in which there exists a metamorphic flux of form and color. Within the series of work presented in "Tracing Lines / Yamate-Dori," the lines, surfaces, and colors drawn within the metropolis differ from those conditions we perceive daily, and appear to pierce the heart of the great unknown which is the metropolis - an intense questioning of the boundary between the metropolis and nature.
We will also present in the second half of the gallery space “Slow Glass / Tokyo”, a body of work which has been well received since its first release at G-tokyo last January. The series will also be on display at the Poznan Biennale from 4 September to 31 October, 2010.
[Image: Naoya Hatakeyama “Tracing Lines / Yamate-Dori #0909” (2008) Theta print, mounted on aluminum 54 x 49cm Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery]
Hatakeyama refers to the same title "Tracing Lines" in his text for the catalogue published in conjunction with his solo exhibition "Draftsman's Pencil" (The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 2007). In this text, he alludes to the notion that everything which exists within the metropolis is constructed upon the basis of some form of human resolve – even the most insignificant of fragments have been determined by human hands- and questions the possibilities of responding and living within such a context.
Beneath Yamate-Dori runs the Yamate tunnel, an expressway newly opened to traffic this March. Throughout the duration of Hatakeyama's study, construction work constantly took place on the ground, allowing the landscape to literally transform itself continuously on a daily basis. The lines drawn by human hands shape the metropolis - akin to nature in which there exists a metamorphic flux of form and color. Within the series of work presented in "Tracing Lines / Yamate-Dori," the lines, surfaces, and colors drawn within the metropolis differ from those conditions we perceive daily, and appear to pierce the heart of the great unknown which is the metropolis - an intense questioning of the boundary between the metropolis and nature.
We will also present in the second half of the gallery space “Slow Glass / Tokyo”, a body of work which has been well received since its first release at G-tokyo last January. The series will also be on display at the Poznan Biennale from 4 September to 31 October, 2010.
[Image: Naoya Hatakeyama “Tracing Lines / Yamate-Dori #0909” (2008) Theta print, mounted on aluminum 54 x 49cm Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery]
Schedule | Jul 17 (Sat) 2010-Aug 14 (Sat) 2010 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jul 17 (Sat) 2010 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Taka Ishii Gallery http://www.takaishiigallery.com/  | ||||
| Location | 3F 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 | 03-6434-7010 | ||||
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