Tomohiro Kano, Yoshiaki Kojiro Joint Exhibitio
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January 21 (sat) –February 18 (sat), 2017 Tokyo Gallery + BTAP | Tokyo 7F, 8-10-5, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 TEL: 03-3571-1808 / FAX: 03-3571-7689
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP is pleased to present the work of Tomohiro Kano, Yoshiaki Kojiro starting January 21.
Tomohiro Kano was born in Tokyo in 1958. After graduating from the Wako University’s Department of Fine Arts in Nihonga painting, he worked in a television commercial production company. He began creating glass works in 1986, and in 1995 he established the Kano Glass Studio in Yamanashi, Japan. Since then, he has been experimenting with unique glass manufacturing techniques. His series “Kuuki (Air)” combines glassblowing and casting techniques, and has been acquired by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. For this exhibition we will be showing works that use the techniques used in previous works in a new way, which cast a combination of glass, bricks, and iron. Kano’s work is always conscious of nature. For example, by incorporating organic materials such as earth, stone, and sand, he creates cracks in the glass and incorporates those results as a part of the fabrication process. Kano’s works are also part of the collections at the Shanghai Museum of Glass, and Real Fábrica de Cristales de la Granja in Spain.
1992 and a Master’s degree from the Tokyo University of Science in 1994. He worked in an architecture firm initially, but after becoming fascinated by the process of glassblowing he pursued a career as a glass artist. Using a technique called kiln work, in which glass is fired an electric kiln, he began creating foam glass works. Kojiro has stated that he “wants to follow through and create a structure that is born from material, heat, and gravity,” all the while being aware of the effects of the firing process. His work is an attempt at relating the world to himself. Currently he maintains a studio in Gifu, Japan, and exhibits his work in museums and galleries in Japan and around the world.
The similarity between Kano and Kojiro, who both do not have a traditional background in craft, thereby not being constrained by its ideals of “beautility” that craft practices impose, is the way they use glass as a material. By observing the characteristics of glass in its the liquid state, and the medium’s expansion and shrinkage according to heat in the environment, both artists acknowledge that they themselves are also materials that change according to the environment. What lies at the core of both their practices is an understanding of the pre-modern Japanese perspective of nature. They aim to question the artist’s relationship to materiality, which transcends the divisions between painting, sculpture, and craft that modern art has engendered.
For press inquiries: Kayo Suzuki e-mail: kayo.suzuki@tokyo-gallery.com / website: www.tokyo-gallery.com
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Opening Hours｜(Tues-Fri) 11:00-19:00 (Sat) 11:00-17:00 Closed｜Sun, Mon, Holidays Tomohiro Kano “physis” （2016） glass, stone, sand, iron, calcium sulfate, 14x15x15cm Yoshiaki Kojiro “remaining composition B01” （2016） glass, aluminium oxide, 49x16x14.5cm Yüklə 20,97 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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