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Smiljan Radić “Bestiary”
TOTO Gallery Ma
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Smiljan Radić
Running a uniquely creative practice in Chile’s capital city of Santiago, Radić has been drawing increasing attention for his distinctive creative perspective with the recent rise in interest in modern South American architecture. In 2010, he presented an installation titled “The Boy Hidden in a Fish” at the Venice Biennale. In the same year, he exhibited “Refuge”, a piece set on a 1,800-mm-square pedestal, as one of seven featured architects in the Toto Gallery Ma 25th-Anniversary Exhibition Global Ends—towards the beginning.
The very poetic Radić often finds the sources for his ideas in the primal Chilean landscape that he carries within him, in his artwork, and even in his favorite fables. At the same time, he also combines non-uniformly shaped materials such as megaliths and membranes to make bold and deft compositions adapted to the site and environment. For example, in 2010, he took inspiration from Oscar Wilde’s “The Selfish Giant” to make an experimental model, titled “The Castle of the Selfish Giant”, which he later developed into the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014.
Bestiary will present modern-day bestiaries imagined by Radić through a presentation of 20 models symbolizing various imaginary creatures. Additionally, the exhibition will feature 70 sketchbooks that Radić has kept for each of his projects. Visitors are welcome explore these materials through their own eyes to identify and comprehend the sources of the architect’s at-times cryptic thinking and the “moments of conviction” embodied within each of his models.
The very poetic Radić often finds the sources for his ideas in the primal Chilean landscape that he carries within him, in his artwork, and even in his favorite fables. At the same time, he also combines non-uniformly shaped materials such as megaliths and membranes to make bold and deft compositions adapted to the site and environment. For example, in 2010, he took inspiration from Oscar Wilde’s “The Selfish Giant” to make an experimental model, titled “The Castle of the Selfish Giant”, which he later developed into the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014.
Bestiary will present modern-day bestiaries imagined by Radić through a presentation of 20 models symbolizing various imaginary creatures. Additionally, the exhibition will feature 70 sketchbooks that Radić has kept for each of his projects. Visitors are welcome explore these materials through their own eyes to identify and comprehend the sources of the architect’s at-times cryptic thinking and the “moments of conviction” embodied within each of his models.
Schedule | Jul 8 (Fri) 2016-Sep 10 (Sat) 2016 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Venue | TOTO Gallery Ma https://jp.toto.com/gallerma/index_e.htm  | ||||||
| Location | 3F Toto Nogizaka bldg., 1-24-3 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 | ||||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 3 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line, 6 minute walk from exit 8 at Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo line, 7 minute walk from exit 4a at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-3402-1010 | ||||||
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