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K. Morgin: 21st Century Works 2001-2019
Sokyo
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Kristen Morgin
Sokyo Gallery, and Sokyo Annex (Kyoto) are pleased to present “Kristen Morgin: 21st Century Works 2001-2019.”
Following her successful solo exhibition at Sokyo Atsumi in Tokyo in this spring, Kristen Morgen's works will now be on display in Kyoto in her first solo exhibition here, featuring early works from 2001 to recent works from 2019. This exhibition offers a more in-depth glimpse into her explorations over the years.
Based in Los Angeles, Morgin uses unfired clay to create works that represent objects and icons that evoke personal or collective memories, such as picture books, toys, Donald Duck, Yoda, and Brad Pitt. Using paint, ink, graphite, and markers on clay to create weathered, worn, and tattered surfaces, she invites the viewer's nostalgia.
In several works, clay objects that look like plywood or cardboard scraps are positioned next to actual cardboard or plywood counterparts, further confusing what is real and what is fabricated. The effect of Morgin's eye-fooling craftsmanship is to increase our sensitivity to the physical world around us and to perhaps change one's perceptions of the things in the world. Influenced by Francisco Goya, Philip Guston, Vincent van Gogh and others, Morgin also inserts direct expressions of American political and social issues into her work
Following her successful solo exhibition at Sokyo Atsumi in Tokyo in this spring, Kristen Morgen's works will now be on display in Kyoto in her first solo exhibition here, featuring early works from 2001 to recent works from 2019. This exhibition offers a more in-depth glimpse into her explorations over the years.
Based in Los Angeles, Morgin uses unfired clay to create works that represent objects and icons that evoke personal or collective memories, such as picture books, toys, Donald Duck, Yoda, and Brad Pitt. Using paint, ink, graphite, and markers on clay to create weathered, worn, and tattered surfaces, she invites the viewer's nostalgia.
In several works, clay objects that look like plywood or cardboard scraps are positioned next to actual cardboard or plywood counterparts, further confusing what is real and what is fabricated. The effect of Morgin's eye-fooling craftsmanship is to increase our sensitivity to the physical world around us and to perhaps change one's perceptions of the things in the world. Influenced by Francisco Goya, Philip Guston, Vincent van Gogh and others, Morgin also inserts direct expressions of American political and social issues into her work
Schedule | Jun 23 (Thu) 2022-Jul 27 (Wed) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Sokyo https://sokyogallery.com/en/  | ||||
| Location | 381-2 Motomachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 605-0089 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 2 at Sanjo Station on the Keihan line, 5 minute walk from exit 2 at Sanjo Keihan Station on the Tozai subway line, 10 minute walk from exit 1B at Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu line. | ||||
| Phone | 075-746-4456 | ||||
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