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Shoichi Seino Exhibition
Marie Gallery 
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Shoichi Seino
The sculptures of Shoichi Seino show us the reaction between fire and materials such as clay, stone, graphite and aluminum. When fire and substances meet, not only does the condition of the substances change, but also their appearance. Although we can anticipate what will happen after this meeting, unexpected results are sometimes caused by the different characteristics of the substances and the fire. The substance that existed before being burned seems to vanish. Meanwhile, the substance changes in appearance and is reborn as a new one.
Since his first solo exhibition in 1977, Seino has tried to maintain the natural and simplified shapes of the materials he uses. Natural and undecorated things can assert themselves. Therefore, Seino's
materials have to confront fire as they truly are, to be finished as integrated art works in a process of change.
The works in this exhibition are made with ceramicfilters and carbongraphite. Ceramicfilters are used to refine liquids for foodstuffs like soy sauce and to eliminate bacteria, and also to make
semiconductors. Carbongraphite is omnipresent and is found in mobile phones, PCs, cars, and the aerospace industry. If we imagine that carbongraphite confronts fire, it suggests to us the atom bomb. Seino creates sculptures in which the basic substances face both life and death directly.
[Image: "Untitled" (2011) graphite, 33x20x13(cm)]
Since his first solo exhibition in 1977, Seino has tried to maintain the natural and simplified shapes of the materials he uses. Natural and undecorated things can assert themselves. Therefore, Seino's
materials have to confront fire as they truly are, to be finished as integrated art works in a process of change.
The works in this exhibition are made with ceramicfilters and carbongraphite. Ceramicfilters are used to refine liquids for foodstuffs like soy sauce and to eliminate bacteria, and also to make
semiconductors. Carbongraphite is omnipresent and is found in mobile phones, PCs, cars, and the aerospace industry. If we imagine that carbongraphite confronts fire, it suggests to us the atom bomb. Seino creates sculptures in which the basic substances face both life and death directly.
[Image: "Untitled" (2011) graphite, 33x20x13(cm)]
Schedule | Mar 25 (Fri) 2011-Apr 9 (Sat) 2011 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Marie Gallery https://www.mariegallery.com/  | ||||
| Location | 1F, 3-33-7 Nihombashi Hamacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0007 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit A2 at Hamacho Station on the Toei Shinjuku line, 8 minute walk from exit 5 at Suitengumae Station on the Hanzomon line, 11 minute walk from exit A1 at Ningyocho Station on the Hibiya or Toei Asakusa line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6321-3442 | ||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it  |
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