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Keisuke Tada
Gallery Common and Maki Gallery are pleased to announce the concurrent hosting of two solo exhibitions by Aichi-based artist Keisuke Tada. The artist will present "Rhizomed Material" at Gallery Common and "Phantom Emotion" at Maki Gallery, Omotesando, both opening on September 30 (Sat). Collectively featuring more than 100 new paintings, this project marks Tada’s most ambitious presentation yet.
Inspired by his experience traversing fictional virtual worlds, Tada explores the way we perceive time and matter within virtual versus physical space, forcing us to confront the ambiguity of reality in our digital age. "Rhizomed Material" will present new works from his “trace/dimension” series, while "Phantom Emotion" will present new works from his “Paintings of incomplete remains” and “Heaven’s Door” series. In the former, what appear to be cracked and deteriorating 17th century landscape paintings are actually paintings that have been artificially aged by the artist, all depicting places and times that do not exist. In the latter, Tada realistically reproduces a historical European gateway using acrylic paint and then attacks the sculpture with an axe, exposing its true composition when the material splinters and the colors within are revealed. The work, which has no function as a door, is a mere illusion, symbolizing the violent desire to go someplace else, and the futility of trying to overcome our physical limitations.
In this way, the works question the very foundations of our world– time, space, matter, and gravity– and how they transform and warp as they travel between virtual and physical dimensions. In this realm of illusion, we are forced to think about what it truly means to exist.
Inspired by his experience traversing fictional virtual worlds, Tada explores the way we perceive time and matter within virtual versus physical space, forcing us to confront the ambiguity of reality in our digital age. "Rhizomed Material" will present new works from his “trace/dimension” series, while "Phantom Emotion" will present new works from his “Paintings of incomplete remains” and “Heaven’s Door” series. In the former, what appear to be cracked and deteriorating 17th century landscape paintings are actually paintings that have been artificially aged by the artist, all depicting places and times that do not exist. In the latter, Tada realistically reproduces a historical European gateway using acrylic paint and then attacks the sculpture with an axe, exposing its true composition when the material splinters and the colors within are revealed. The work, which has no function as a door, is a mere illusion, symbolizing the violent desire to go someplace else, and the futility of trying to overcome our physical limitations.
In this way, the works question the very foundations of our world– time, space, matter, and gravity– and how they transform and warp as they travel between virtual and physical dimensions. In this realm of illusion, we are forced to think about what it truly means to exist.
Schedule | Sep 30 (Sat) 2023-Nov 5 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Sep 29 (Fri) 2023 19:00 - 21:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.gallerycommon.com/exhibition/28_tada/ | ||||
| Venue | Gallery Common | ||||
| Location | B1F, 5-39-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 | ||||
| Access | 6 minute walk from exit A1 at Omotesando Station on the Hanzomon, Chiyoda and Ginza lines. 8 minute walk from exit 7 at Meiji-jingumae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines. 9 minute walk from exit B7 at JR Shibuya Station. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6427-3827 | ||||
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