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Tomohito Ishii
Born in Tokyo in 1981, Tomohito Ishii received his MFA from Musashino Art University with a specialism in oil painting. His notable exhibitions include group events such as “The Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Arts” (NTUA, 2017) and “Sliding Railroad” (former Tokorozawa Meal Center, 2015), as well as his solo show “Complex Circuit” (Gallery αM, 2011).
In his first solo show at Maki Fine Arts, Ishii will showcase approximately ten new works including video work themed on the “new” suburban town he grew up in. As an artist who has positioned his paintings as receptors to information, and who has contemplated how to confront modern information, Ishii has been intrigued by the homogenized spatial imagery mass-produced through urban development as a result of the rapid economic growth of the past.
By sourcing existing images created in the 1970s — such as Goh Shigi’s depiction of a housing complex entitled “Housing” and Kuniichi Shima’s “Sheets and futon” — and transforming them anew, Ishii’s method brings awareness to the weight of time linked to the past, present, and future while casting a skeptical gaze toward the environment surrounding information. Ishii explains the creative process behind his new works as “exposing the characteristics found in the recording medium that configure information through defects, such as print faults, play errors, and visual shortcomings, and taking in the interchangeability between body and digital device.”
In his first solo show at Maki Fine Arts, Ishii will showcase approximately ten new works including video work themed on the “new” suburban town he grew up in. As an artist who has positioned his paintings as receptors to information, and who has contemplated how to confront modern information, Ishii has been intrigued by the homogenized spatial imagery mass-produced through urban development as a result of the rapid economic growth of the past.
By sourcing existing images created in the 1970s — such as Goh Shigi’s depiction of a housing complex entitled “Housing” and Kuniichi Shima’s “Sheets and futon” — and transforming them anew, Ishii’s method brings awareness to the weight of time linked to the past, present, and future while casting a skeptical gaze toward the environment surrounding information. Ishii explains the creative process behind his new works as “exposing the characteristics found in the recording medium that configure information through defects, such as print faults, play errors, and visual shortcomings, and taking in the interchangeability between body and digital device.”
Schedule | May 13 (Sat) 2017-Jun 11 (Sun) 2017 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception May 13 (Sat) 2017 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.makifinearts.com/en/exhibitions/ishii_2017.html | ||||
| Venue | Maki Fine Arts http://www.makifinearts.com/en/ | ||||
| Location | B101, 77-5 Tenjin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0808 | ||||
| Access | 4 minute walk from exit 2 at Kagurazaka Station on the Tozai line, 6 minute walk from exit 2 at Edogawabashi Station on the Yurakucho line, 13 minute walk from exit A1 at Ushigome-kagurazaka Station on the Toei Oedo line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5579-2086 | ||||
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