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[Image: Benjamin Butler "Untitled Tree", 2016, oil on linen, 50.0 x 60.0 cm (c)Benjamin Butler]

Benjamin Butler “Trees Alone”

Tomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi
Finished

Artists

Benjamin Butler
“While there is a sense of repetition in my work, nothing is literally repeated. I like the idea of a kind of circular repetition, or forward movement that occasionally picks up remnants from the past and then moves forward again. The title, Trees Alone, alludes to the image of a single tree (or one painting) becoming part of a group within an exhibition. They are alone, as paintings and images, within the parameters of the canvas, and also once each painting leaves the exhibition. The plural becomes singular and the singular becomes plural. As a painter, I spend a large amount of time alone in my studio. For that reason this show feels more autobiographical than others, and it closely echoes the thoughts and processes that went into making these new paintings. In 2004, my first solo exhibition in Vienna was titled ‘Tree Alone’. ‘Trees Alone’ in Tokyo is meant as a sequel to that Vienna show, with 12 years, 16 solo exhibitions, and 9000 kilometers separating the two.” Benjamin Butler

Having moved from New York where he spent 13 years, to Vienna 4 years ago; having had a son and becoming a father, Butler has gone from working within a totally new environment, to producing paintings which are a uniquely personal expression, made at a time of ideal balance between his private and studio lives. This exhibition features new paintings produced between 2015-2016.

Schedule

Mar 12 (Sat) 2016-Apr 23 (Sat) 2016 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-19:00
Closed
Monday, Sunday, Holidays
Notice
Closed on Sunday, Monday & Public Holidays

Opening Reception Mar 12 (Sat) 2016 18:00 - 20:00

The artist will be present.

FeeFree
Websitehttp://tomiokoyamagallery.com/en/exhibitions/benjamin-butler-trees-alone%E3%80%80/
VenueTomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi
http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/
Location2F Complex665, 6-5-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
Access2 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.
Phone03-6434-7225
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