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Yann Gerstberger "Ecchymoses"
Taka Ishii Gallery
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Yann Gerstberger
For his first solo show at the gallery and in Asia, Mexico-based French painter Yann Gerstberger will present a series of five medium-size paintings of collages assembled from mixed fabrics, glued and sewn onto canvas, and augmented with oil pastels. The exhibition also includes one large-scale tapestry produced with an original technique conceived by the artist. He glues dyed-by-hand fibers of cotton (originally from mops) on rug to form colorful surfaces, mixed with industrial fabric.
A bruise or hematoma is a mark on the human body caused by the presence of blood trapped below the surface of the skin. It occurs when an injury breaks small blood vessels but does not break the skin. They generally appear as a bodily response resulting from a blow or trauma. These marks can appear not only on the flesh but also on internal organs or bones.
The exhibition takes the idea of ecchymosis as a pictorial metaphor, when the body is exposed to an injury that generates a stain on it, an abstraction of shape and color appears that changes and transforms constantly through its recovery. These thoughts began to generate the series, adding to the reflection on the fragility of the body and its marks, a parallel is created to an investigation on the oldest forms of life such as prehistoric insects, beings that have managed to survive and evolve at various geological epochs, which despite the apparent fragility of their bodies, carry with them evolutionary processes that have allowed them to continue in this world despite adversities, like ecchymosis being a self-healing process, these insects have adapted to their environment to continue flying.
A bruise or hematoma is a mark on the human body caused by the presence of blood trapped below the surface of the skin. It occurs when an injury breaks small blood vessels but does not break the skin. They generally appear as a bodily response resulting from a blow or trauma. These marks can appear not only on the flesh but also on internal organs or bones.
The exhibition takes the idea of ecchymosis as a pictorial metaphor, when the body is exposed to an injury that generates a stain on it, an abstraction of shape and color appears that changes and transforms constantly through its recovery. These thoughts began to generate the series, adding to the reflection on the fragility of the body and its marks, a parallel is created to an investigation on the oldest forms of life such as prehistoric insects, beings that have managed to survive and evolve at various geological epochs, which despite the apparent fragility of their bodies, carry with them evolutionary processes that have allowed them to continue in this world despite adversities, like ecchymosis being a self-healing process, these insects have adapted to their environment to continue flying.
Schedule | Jan 21 (Sat) 2023-Feb 18 (Sat) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jan 21 (Sat) 2023 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/33932/ | ||||
| Venue | Taka Ishii Gallery http://www.takaishiigallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 3F Complex665, 6-5-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit 1b at Roppongi Station on the Hbiya or Toei Oedo line, 8 minute walk from exit 7 at Azabu-juban Station on the Nanboku or Toei Oedo line, 11 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6434-7010 | ||||
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