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Mario García Torres “Falling Together In Time”
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Mario García Torres
Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to present the Mexico City-based artist Mario García Torres’ “Falling Together In Time,” an exhibition about coincidences, memories, endings, repetitions, and liminal moments. His fourth solo exhibition with the gallery will be comprised of a sound installation, paintings, a video, and some found documents.
Los Angeles, 1981 — before Muhammad Ali fought his last ever fight, the then-39 year old talked a man down from leaping off a high building. The same year, in the same city, Eddie Van Halen composed the synthesized music for Van Halen’s greatest hit “Jump,” not yet knowing how hard it would be to convince the rest of his band to use it. This is the beginning of a series of events that, in García Torres’ narrative, all overlap and create a string of intriguing coincidences.
Mixing philosophy and popular culture, the artist creates a video thesis about time and the endless possibilities with which to see life. Along with the video, the artist will show an analogue synthesizer piece in collaboration with Japanese developer and composer Tetsuji Masuda. These works and paintings based on the concepts of the video work, alongside documentation from Van Halen visits to Japan, altogether create what the artist calls a “museographical essay.”
Los Angeles, 1981 — before Muhammad Ali fought his last ever fight, the then-39 year old talked a man down from leaping off a high building. The same year, in the same city, Eddie Van Halen composed the synthesized music for Van Halen’s greatest hit “Jump,” not yet knowing how hard it would be to convince the rest of his band to use it. This is the beginning of a series of events that, in García Torres’ narrative, all overlap and create a string of intriguing coincidences.
Mixing philosophy and popular culture, the artist creates a video thesis about time and the endless possibilities with which to see life. Along with the video, the artist will show an analogue synthesizer piece in collaboration with Japanese developer and composer Tetsuji Masuda. These works and paintings based on the concepts of the video work, alongside documentation from Van Halen visits to Japan, altogether create what the artist calls a “museographical essay.”
Schedule | Feb 23 (Sat) 2019-Mar 16 (Sat) 2019 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Feb 23 (Sat) 2019 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/24982/ | ||||
| Venue | Taka Ishii Gallery http://www.takaishiigallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 3F Complex665, 6-5-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit 1b at Roppongi Station on the Hbiya or Toei Oedo line, 8 minute walk from exit 7 at Azabu-juban Station on the Nanboku or Toei Oedo line, 11 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6434-7010 | ||||
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