Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo: Inaugural Exhibition with Oscar Oiwa, Katsuhiro Saiki, Yuken Teruya
Through October 16, 2010
For its inaugural exhibition, Maki Fine Arts, new gallery in Tokyo, presents a group show (September 17 - October 16, 2010) of three artists based in New York: Oscar Oiwa, Katsuhiro Saiki, and Yuken Teruya.
OSCAR OIWA was born in Sao Paolo. Moving and living in the cities of Sao Paolo, Tokyo, and New York, and thus, taking on the influences of these various urban environments, Oscar Oiwa creates an oeuvre with a unique world view. Taking on the themes of political and societal conflicts, his works have drawn high acclaim. For this exhibition, one of his major works which graced the cover of the catalogue rainsoné Painting in the Age of Globalization (2008), is presented: Icebergs (photo).
Icebergs, 2007
Oil on canvas, 224.7 x 443.2 cm
Copyright OSCAR OIWA / TAGUCHI ART COLLECTION
KATSUHIRO SAIKI is an artist who has been based and producing artwork in New York since 2002. This show will feature works from his photo series, "Place", which takes the skies of Berlin and New York as its subject. Photographing cross-sections of architecture and open skies, it is evident, given the technique, that the artist is re-constructing his experiences. The works are simple, yet calculated visual formations which point to the painterly potential of the photographic medium.
Place#6, 2009
C-print, 46×46cm, Edition 25
Copyright KATSUHIRO SAIKI / Courtesy SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
YUKEN TERUYA, hailing from Okinawa, uses everyday objects like shopping bags and toilet paper rolls to create artworks with a highly critical stance on contemporary society. The work Heroes utilizes "Bingata" which is traditional dyeing of Okinawa. Another work, which arranges the flags of a number of various countries is entitled, Color the World and is from his series Notice- Forest, made entirely of intricately cut paper shopping bags (photo).
Notice Forest (Ralph Lauren), 2009
Paper, glue, 33 x 27 x 10 cm
Copyright YUKEN TERUYA / TAGUCHI ART COLLECTION
Text translated from japanese by Teriha Faye Yaegashi
This exhibition is organized by Maki Fine Arts in cooperation with TAGUCHI ART COLLECTION, Art Office Shiobara.
MAKI FINE ARTS
1F Uchida Bldg.15-3 Nihonbashi Odenmacho, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 103-0011 Japan
Gallery's Website: www.makifinearts.com
Updated May 2012
