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Bunpei Kado ”Proto-Planet”
Art Front Gallery
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Bunpei Kado
Bunpei Kado was born in 1978 in Fukui prefecture. He is based in Tokyo, pursuing his artistic career since graduating from Musashino Art University, where he also worked as an assistant lecturer. He received the special award of the 10th TARO Award in 2007. He has attracted attention with artworks combining ordinary objects from everyday existence such as bonsai and pylons, or a chair and tree sprouts, into unusual combinations evoking fresh meanings. He participated in the Setouchi Triennale in 2013 with a project in an abandoned house located in one of the small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Here, his approach shifted from an approach forming the work from externally manipulated elements, to one that incorporated the spatial context within the work.
Kado’s artworks often feature things we see in everyday life. Rather than using these objects as they are, however, he applies craftsman-like detailed arrangements to their surfaces and shapes and turns them into somewhat more stereotypical objects. Let’s think about an ordinary chair or a conventional gas cylinder. By adding something completely unexpected such as tree branches to these manufactured products, the combined objects become artworks that look humorous. Although appealing artworks in their own right, it is not difficult to imagine how these little creations formed through such processes can also find a wider audience.
Kado’s artworks often feature things we see in everyday life. Rather than using these objects as they are, however, he applies craftsman-like detailed arrangements to their surfaces and shapes and turns them into somewhat more stereotypical objects. Let’s think about an ordinary chair or a conventional gas cylinder. By adding something completely unexpected such as tree branches to these manufactured products, the combined objects become artworks that look humorous. Although appealing artworks in their own right, it is not difficult to imagine how these little creations formed through such processes can also find a wider audience.
Schedule | Jun 24 (Fri) 2016-Jul 17 (Sun) 2016 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jun 24 (Fri) 2016 18:30 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.artfrontgallery.com/en/exhibition/archive/2016_06/3064.html | ||||
| Venue | Art Front Gallery http://www.artfrontgallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | Hillside Terrace A, 29-18 Sarugakucho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from Daikanyama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko line, 11 minute walk from the West exit of Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote and Saikyo lines, 8 minute walk from exit 4 at Ebisu Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3476-4869 | ||||
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