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Akira Ishiguro “Painting of Marble”
Loko Gallery
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Akira Ishiguro
Akira Ishiguro has been exploring themes of “genuine vs. fake” and “truthfulness vs. falsehood” in “A Steganographic Romance,” a series replacing characters in 19th century academic art with anime figures, and “Gravitational Field,” another duplicating the surface layers of marble as realistic paintings. Here Ishiguro’s works are presented as “fake” versions of famous paintings or natural stone. His respect for the genuine can be seen in his thorough adherence to reproducibility. These works are not easy parodies but deliberate compositions of binary confrontations, which sets them apart from mere samplings or appropriations. Loko Gallery presents never-before-exhibited large works from “Gravitational Field” and a new series titled “Marble-esque.” The former precisely reproduces marble surfaces while the latter expresses the artist’s appetite for creation and energy.
Schedule | Apr 7 (Fri) 2017-May 6 (Sat) 2017 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Apr 7 (Fri) 2017 18:00 - 00:00 | ||||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Venue | Loko Gallery http://lokogallery.com/en/  | ||||||
| Location | 12-6 Uguisudani-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0032 | ||||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from the North exit of Daikanyama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko line, 10 minute walk from the South exit of JR Shibuya Station. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-6455-1376 | ||||||
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