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Kosai Hori “The Garden of Ruin and Rebirth”
3331 Arts Chiyoda
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Kosai Hori
Artist’s statement: I began traveling across the region stricken by the Great East Japan Earthquake about a month after the disaster. Looking beyond the wreckage of the Miyagi Prefecture town of Yuriage, I saw a peaceful sea stretching out on the horizon. It seemed impossible that that this very sea had claimed so many lives and homes.
I have been painting words since my first exhibition in 1971, but after the March, 2011 disaster these words seemed to “detach” from their meanings, becoming merely lines on the page. Drawing originally referred to the act of taking in breath, and like inhaling deeply it marks one’s existence, as if to say “I am alive here, now.” “The Garden of Ruin and Rebirth” focuses on new works but also presents those inspired by my time by the sea in Yuriage in 2011, as well as small drawings from 1979 reflecting my origins as an artist, and damage-inflicted portraits from 1999.
Venue: 1F Main Gallery B
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Dialogue 2 “Post-3.11 Art” (in Japanese)
Guest: Noi Sawaragi (art critic)
Date: Mar. 7 (Sat) 15:00–17:00
Venue: 1F Lounge
Audience: 50
Admission: Free
Performance “So That We May Remember”
Performer: Erize Hori
Date: Mar. 11 (Wed) 15:00–16:00
Venue: 2F Gymnasium
Admission: Free
I have been painting words since my first exhibition in 1971, but after the March, 2011 disaster these words seemed to “detach” from their meanings, becoming merely lines on the page. Drawing originally referred to the act of taking in breath, and like inhaling deeply it marks one’s existence, as if to say “I am alive here, now.” “The Garden of Ruin and Rebirth” focuses on new works but also presents those inspired by my time by the sea in Yuriage in 2011, as well as small drawings from 1979 reflecting my origins as an artist, and damage-inflicted portraits from 1999.
Venue: 1F Main Gallery B
[Related Events]
Dialogue 2 “Post-3.11 Art” (in Japanese)
Guest: Noi Sawaragi (art critic)
Date: Mar. 7 (Sat) 15:00–17:00
Venue: 1F Lounge
Audience: 50
Admission: Free
Performance “So That We May Remember”
Performer: Erize Hori
Date: Mar. 11 (Wed) 15:00–16:00
Venue: 2F Gymnasium
Admission: Free
Schedule | Feb 21 (Sat) 2015-Mar 16 (Mon) 2015 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Feb 21 (Sat) 2015 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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