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Masaru Iwai "#011 Mutation at the dead end"
3331 Arts Chiyoda
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Masaru Iwai
We are pleased to announce "Mutation at the Dead End", a solo exhibition by Masaru Iwai at 3331 Gallery.
In recent works, Iwai has been focusing upon the everyday action of "cleaning" and actively developing and presenting projects both nationally and internationally. In these works Iwai takes not only consumer products or people as the object of cleaning, but even expands this to the scale of a city or a nation, in an action often seemingly absurd, nonsensical, and excessive. However, the reactions and sensations raised through such actions (which Iwai has coined as "Cleaner's High") reveal aspects of our physiological desires, and their context in terms of social identity and history, leading us to question the values which "we cling to".
In this exhibition, a performance will be presented at the opening event, in which porcelain cleanser bottles will be destroyed through the act of bowling. The sudden mutation that takes place here provides the base for a new work, which Iwai will develop throughout the exhibition period. Here the dead end is broken through and this new opening allows for a new circulation in the production process and final work.
In recent works, Iwai has been focusing upon the everyday action of "cleaning" and actively developing and presenting projects both nationally and internationally. In these works Iwai takes not only consumer products or people as the object of cleaning, but even expands this to the scale of a city or a nation, in an action often seemingly absurd, nonsensical, and excessive. However, the reactions and sensations raised through such actions (which Iwai has coined as "Cleaner's High") reveal aspects of our physiological desires, and their context in terms of social identity and history, leading us to question the values which "we cling to".
In this exhibition, a performance will be presented at the opening event, in which porcelain cleanser bottles will be destroyed through the act of bowling. The sudden mutation that takes place here provides the base for a new work, which Iwai will develop throughout the exhibition period. Here the dead end is broken through and this new opening allows for a new circulation in the production process and final work.
Schedule | Nov 26 (Sat) 2011-Dec 25 (Sun) 2011 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 26 (Sat) 2011 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Venue | 3331 Arts Chiyoda http://www.3331.jp/  | ||||
| Location | 6-11-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 4 at Suehirocho Station on the Ginza line, 3 minute walk from exit 6 at Yushima Station on the Chiyoda line, 11 minute walk from the Electric Town exit of JR Akihabara Station. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6803-2441 | ||||
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