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Gianluca Malgeri + Arina Endo "Let Me Count the Ways"
The Loop Gallery
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Gianluca Malgeri, Arina Endo
Let Me Count the Ways is the title of the new exhibition that Gianluca Malgeri and Arina Endo will be presenting at The Loop Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition will open June 3rd, 2023.
Let Me Count the Ways marks yet another collaboration between Malgeri and Endo, thus bringing to completion a circle started in 2015 with the exhibitions Edge of Chaos (Venice, curated by Vita Zaman) and Homo Ludens (Magazzino, Rome), then moved on with Mery-Go-Round (2019, Ayumi, Tokyo). Their artistic research evolved through several stages: with Let Me Count the Ways, the duo is now moving towards new developments and directions, likely in a less programmatic manner compared to the previous installments.
The first works realized by Malgeri and Endo in 2015 revolved around imaginary and fantastic cities, which were built by assembling parts of children's playground (that the artists began studying in 2013) into three-dimensional collages. The evolution of this logic led to the transformation of these "cities" into a complex organism, linked to the figure of Pinocchio and his inner journey to overcome childhood.
Again, in 2019, the two artists injected new life into this body of works by imagining new, flying structures, individually envisioned but also pictured as articulated and "light" systems that invited the viewer to imagine themselves in a space beyond the earthly realm (Mery-Go-Round).
In Let me Count the Ways, the artists opt for a composition of individual elements and showcase a series of works that refer to a "homecoming", after following imaginary, inner and orbital trajectories. Each artwork in the exhibition, in some way, contains the previous ones and opens up to possible and new developments; like a multi-directional walk, the exhibition seems to remind us of the importance of moving forward, whilst being mindful of the new energy gained from the steps already taken.
Like Klee's Angelus Novus, "The storm pushes his wings irresistibly towards the future. This storm is what we call progress."
Let Me Count the Ways marks yet another collaboration between Malgeri and Endo, thus bringing to completion a circle started in 2015 with the exhibitions Edge of Chaos (Venice, curated by Vita Zaman) and Homo Ludens (Magazzino, Rome), then moved on with Mery-Go-Round (2019, Ayumi, Tokyo). Their artistic research evolved through several stages: with Let Me Count the Ways, the duo is now moving towards new developments and directions, likely in a less programmatic manner compared to the previous installments.
The first works realized by Malgeri and Endo in 2015 revolved around imaginary and fantastic cities, which were built by assembling parts of children's playground (that the artists began studying in 2013) into three-dimensional collages. The evolution of this logic led to the transformation of these "cities" into a complex organism, linked to the figure of Pinocchio and his inner journey to overcome childhood.
Again, in 2019, the two artists injected new life into this body of works by imagining new, flying structures, individually envisioned but also pictured as articulated and "light" systems that invited the viewer to imagine themselves in a space beyond the earthly realm (Mery-Go-Round).
In Let me Count the Ways, the artists opt for a composition of individual elements and showcase a series of works that refer to a "homecoming", after following imaginary, inner and orbital trajectories. Each artwork in the exhibition, in some way, contains the previous ones and opens up to possible and new developments; like a multi-directional walk, the exhibition seems to remind us of the importance of moving forward, whilst being mindful of the new energy gained from the steps already taken.
Like Klee's Angelus Novus, "The storm pushes his wings irresistibly towards the future. This storm is what we call progress."
Schedule | Jun 3 (Sat) 2023-Jun 23 (Fri) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jun 3 (Sat) 2023 17:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://theloopgallery.jp/pages/let-me-count-the-ways | ||||
| Venue | The Loop Gallery https://www.theloopgallery.jp/ | ||||
| Location | 4F, 2-17-1 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0003 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit A1 at Toranomon-hills Station on the Hibiya line, 7 minute walk from exit 1 at Toranomon Station on the Ginza line, 8 minute walk from exit A3 at Uchisaiwaicho Station on the Toei Mita line. | ||||
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