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Motohiko Odani "Phantom Limb"
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
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Motohiko Odani
*This exhibition is a restaging of Odani's solo show at the Mori Art Museum from November 2010 through February 2011, and includes a new video installation that was not shown at the Mori show.
Since studying sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts, Motohiko Odani has created a body of work using diverse techniques and materials that undermines the conventional notions of sculpture. His unique style of expression and aesthetic sense have won him acclaim both in Japan and abroad, and in 2003 he was selected as one of the artists to represent Japan at the Venice Biennale.
Odani's works on the themes of physical sensations and psychological states, such as pain and fear, awaken latent thoughts and emotions in their viewers. A dress made of hair, an animal in a restraining device, a mysterious young girl, a samurai's wraith-like emaciated horse: The complex images in the works defy single interpretations and possess an ominous charm that exists somewhere between beauty and ugliness, life and death and the spiritual and the secular. Odani, who possesses a keenly critical understanding of sculpture, has resisted (or taken advantage of) the medium's conventional image of weightiness or substance. Instead, he has given physical representation to “phantoms” - entirely ephemeral sensations or amorphous phenomena. In this exhibition, we explore the essence of Odani's art, bringing together works from early in his 10-year career to the present. Also included are a large interactive installation - a kind of “video sculpture” - and new works exploring natural forces such as gravity and rotation. With Odani's artworks transcending the conventional idea of sculpture and seeking to give visual representation to existence itself, this exhibition pursues new possibilities for artistic expression.
Since studying sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts, Motohiko Odani has created a body of work using diverse techniques and materials that undermines the conventional notions of sculpture. His unique style of expression and aesthetic sense have won him acclaim both in Japan and abroad, and in 2003 he was selected as one of the artists to represent Japan at the Venice Biennale.
Odani's works on the themes of physical sensations and psychological states, such as pain and fear, awaken latent thoughts and emotions in their viewers. A dress made of hair, an animal in a restraining device, a mysterious young girl, a samurai's wraith-like emaciated horse: The complex images in the works defy single interpretations and possess an ominous charm that exists somewhere between beauty and ugliness, life and death and the spiritual and the secular. Odani, who possesses a keenly critical understanding of sculpture, has resisted (or taken advantage of) the medium's conventional image of weightiness or substance. Instead, he has given physical representation to “phantoms” - entirely ephemeral sensations or amorphous phenomena. In this exhibition, we explore the essence of Odani's art, bringing together works from early in his 10-year career to the present. Also included are a large interactive installation - a kind of “video sculpture” - and new works exploring natural forces such as gravity and rotation. With Odani's artworks transcending the conventional idea of sculpture and seeking to give visual representation to existence itself, this exhibition pursues new possibilities for artistic expression.
Schedule | May 28 (Sat) 2011-Jul 10 (Sun) 2011 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥900, 70 Years Old and over ¥400, College Students and Under Free | ||||
| Venue | Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art http://www.spmoa.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp/en/guide/  | ||||
| Location | 53-2 Yada, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8002 | ||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from the South exit of Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae Station on the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line; From the South exit of Kusanagi Station on the JR Tokaido line, take the Shizutetsu bus and get off at Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae. The venue is 2 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 054-263-5755 | ||||
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