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Masaki Okuten + Kentaro Takahashi "Resusci-Anne"
Gallery Ether
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Masaki Okuten, Kentaro Takahashi
Gallery Ether is excited to announce Resusci-Anne, a new dual-exhibition and collaborative installation work by Tokyo-based artists, painter Masaki Okuten and photographer Kentaro Takahashi, to be held from Saturday, September 10th through Saturday, September 30th.
The title, Resusci-Anne, is taken from the medical simulator doll of the same name, the face of which being modeled after L’Inconnue da la Seine (the unknown woman of Seine), the death mask of an unidentified young woman found drowned in the River Seine in the late 1880s. The doll, still in production since then, stood out to the artists Okuten and Takahashi as an enduring icon of simulacrum, having degenerated from person to memorial mask to medical doll being produced in perpetuity.
In the exhibition Resusci-Anne, the artists draw on their shared feelings toward the act of production relative to their different forms of expression, painting and photography respectively, as means of capturing motifs and manifesting them via artistic mediums and actions. Throughout the various works put forth by each artist, including their first collaborative installation piece, the duo intersects the perspectives of painter and photographer in an exploration of methods of approaching the “distances” encountered in the production process.
The title, Resusci-Anne, is taken from the medical simulator doll of the same name, the face of which being modeled after L’Inconnue da la Seine (the unknown woman of Seine), the death mask of an unidentified young woman found drowned in the River Seine in the late 1880s. The doll, still in production since then, stood out to the artists Okuten and Takahashi as an enduring icon of simulacrum, having degenerated from person to memorial mask to medical doll being produced in perpetuity.
In the exhibition Resusci-Anne, the artists draw on their shared feelings toward the act of production relative to their different forms of expression, painting and photography respectively, as means of capturing motifs and manifesting them via artistic mediums and actions. Throughout the various works put forth by each artist, including their first collaborative installation piece, the duo intersects the perspectives of painter and photographer in an exploration of methods of approaching the “distances” encountered in the production process.
Schedule | Sep 10 (Sat) 2022-Sep 30 (Fri) 2022 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Sep 10 (Sat) 2022 17:00 - 20:00 | ||||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | https://www.galleryether.com/en/exhibitions/resusci-anne | ||||||
| Venue | Gallery Ether https://www.galleryether.com/en | ||||||
| Location | 1F-B1F Sanoushokai Nishiazabu Bldg., 3-24-19 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031 | ||||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from exit 1c at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya or Toei Oedo line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-6271-5022 | ||||||
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