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[Image: He Xiangyu "Two Lemons" (2016) pencil, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 25 cm]

He Xiangyu “Save the Date”

SCAI The Bathhouse
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Artists

He Xiangyu
He Xiangyu playfully explores social criticism in his practice, foregrounding a refreshing humor and process-based approach. In Cola Project (2012), he amounts an apocalyptic landscape of boiled residue from 127 tons of Coca Cola, in an evocative scale of grandeur. In recent years, the artist has shifted his artistic attention to describe more private and abstract conversations focused on the expression of his sensual and tactical feeling often employing his own body.
He’s second exhibition with the gallery, entitled “Save the Date”, showcases his most recent works that depicts body senses, haptic perception and the transmission of feeling. Central to the exhibition is My Feet (2016), diptych drawings made by the artist’s feet actions, where he stands on paper and jumps across the two areas.
Site-specific wall installation, Olive Oil (2016), shows a height of his minimalistic approach and his acute sensitivity to everyday objects. In this work, the artist applies organic olive oil across a long expanse of the gallery wall. The area of absorbed oil on the wall will expand its area with time emitting faint fragrance. In his “lemon” series, He paints lemon shapes randomly against vivid yellow background, emphasizing the effect of color yellow in the white gallery space. After his extensive research concerning human interaction with the color yellow –-from biological retina reaction to “Sunflower student protest” in 2014, Taiwan–— He suggests the intense power of the color yellow eliciting an instant excitement to the viewer.

Schedule

Oct 28 (Fri) 2016-Dec 3 (Sat) 2016 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
12:00-18:00
Closed
Monday, Sunday, Holidays
FeeFree
Websitehttp://www.scaithebathhouse.com/en/exhibitions/2016/10/he_xiangyu_save_the_date/
VenueSCAI The Bathhouse
https://www.scaithebathhouse.com/en/
LocationKashiwayu-Ato, 6-1-23 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0001
Access6 minute walk from the South exit of Nippori Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner, JR or Keisei line., 10 minute walk from exit 1 at Nezu Station on the Chiyoda line.
Phone03-3821-1144
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