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Takuya Ikezaki "Sea Map: Receive and Release"
CADAN Yurakucho
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Takuya Ikezaki
In Takuya Ikezaki's work, various objects and images found in everyday life (known as found objects) are utilized, including old posters and recipe books discovered in antique shops, collected items, fast fashion brand products, public objects, houseplants, rice crackers, and tongs.
These materials and images are reinterpreted and developed into forms such as drawings, photographs, sculptures, and installations, treating them as homogenized, interchangeable elements. In Ikezaki's creative process, preconceptions and biases toward objects and images are sometimes disregarded, allowing the inherent time, space, color, shape, and function to be reflected in ways that resemble wordplay, jokes, or real-life communication.
In this exhibition, Ikezaki has curated and mixed his new and old works to create a reconstructed exhibition space titled "Sea Map: Receive and Release." Similar to ancient Polynesian navigation techniques, which guided navigators to distant destinations without maps or compasses by observing stars, wave patterns, bird flight, wind, and cloud movements, Ikezaki receives information from the cultural and geographical influences of his surroundings, using them as signposts for his artistic creations. His works sometimes reflect the environment of his birthplace, the presence of his ancestors, and his family, exploring personal history and identity in a continuous journey traversing the past and future.
The exhibited works include "Parallel Patchwork," a quilt obtained from a thrift shop and further embellished using techniques learned from his mother; "The Address on The Address," featuring drawings directly applied to received envelopes, cardboard, and purchased packaging started after his move to New York; and "Sea Map," an exploration of cultural and geographical roots using fragments of marine charts found in an antique shop in Taiwan.
These materials and images are reinterpreted and developed into forms such as drawings, photographs, sculptures, and installations, treating them as homogenized, interchangeable elements. In Ikezaki's creative process, preconceptions and biases toward objects and images are sometimes disregarded, allowing the inherent time, space, color, shape, and function to be reflected in ways that resemble wordplay, jokes, or real-life communication.
In this exhibition, Ikezaki has curated and mixed his new and old works to create a reconstructed exhibition space titled "Sea Map: Receive and Release." Similar to ancient Polynesian navigation techniques, which guided navigators to distant destinations without maps or compasses by observing stars, wave patterns, bird flight, wind, and cloud movements, Ikezaki receives information from the cultural and geographical influences of his surroundings, using them as signposts for his artistic creations. His works sometimes reflect the environment of his birthplace, the presence of his ancestors, and his family, exploring personal history and identity in a continuous journey traversing the past and future.
The exhibited works include "Parallel Patchwork," a quilt obtained from a thrift shop and further embellished using techniques learned from his mother; "The Address on The Address," featuring drawings directly applied to received envelopes, cardboard, and purchased packaging started after his move to New York; and "Sea Map," an exploration of cultural and geographical roots using fragments of marine charts found in an antique shop in Taiwan.
Schedule | Jun 25 (Tue) 2024-Jul 14 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jun 25 (Tue) 2024 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://cadan.org/cadanyurakucho_03m | ||||
| Venue | CADAN Yurakucho https://cadan.org/en/ | ||||
| Location | 1F Kokusai Bldg., 3-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 | ||||
| Access | Direct walk from exit B3 at Hibiya Station on the Chiyoda and Hibiya lines or Toei Mita line, Direct walk from exit D1 at Yurakucho Station on the Fukutoshin line, 5 minute walk from the Hibiya exit of Yurakucho Station on the JR Yamanote and Keihin Tohoku lines. | ||||
| Phone | 070-6464-1438 | ||||
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