A Reflection on the Sublime

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

Finished

Artists

Joanne Kyger, E’wao Kagoshima, Anthony Caro, Ryusei Kishida, Klemet, Kunitaro Suda, Kazuna Taguchi, Atsuko Tanaka, Trisha Donnelly, Seiichi Furuya, Patricia L. Boyd, Tomio Miki, Nancy Lupo, Alan Longino, Emilia Wang and other et al.

A Reflection on the Sublime is a group show conceived by the artist Kazuna Taguchi with a structural design by the artist Soshiro Matsubara. It is itself an abstract study conducted within the framework of an exhibition.
　
Among the participating artists is Joanne Kyger, a poet who developed her unique style while engaging with a wide circle of people and various groups in contemporary American poetry. As with others associated with the Beats, Kyger’s works were influenced by mediation and Buddhism, in particular Zen. Along with a poem titled “Descartes and the Splendor of. A Real Drama of Everyday Life. In Six Parts.”, which deals with the French philosopher René Descartes’ Discourse on the Method, Kyger made a video work called Descartes in 1968. The only video and the only story that Kyger ever made, the work provided the inspiration and framework for this exhibition.

The structure of the exhibition primarily sets out to achieve two things. First, it attempts to reexamine the framework of the group show while at the same time exploring the possibilities of the format. Second, it strives to create a quiet dynamism amid the distinctive qualities of the space through the unique behavior of the works, which transcend the barriers of categories like “modern art” and “contemporary art.” The exhibition itself was conceived as an implicit manifesto.

Schedule

Mar 30 (Sat) 2024-Jun 9 (Sun) 2024