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Ken Nakazawa Exhibition
Ando Gallery
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Ken Nakazawa
Born in Tokyo in 1970, Ken Nakazawa graduated from Tama Art University with a postgraduate degree in oil painting. His major exhibitions include “MOT Annual 1999: Modest Radicalism” (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo) and “YOKOHAMA 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art” (Pacifico Yokohama). Nakazawa has won acclaim in Japan and internationally with installation works using visually insubstantial materials, such as wires and nylon filaments, to meld his works with the space of the venue.
Nakazawa, who studied painting in university, embarked on creating frame-shaped, wall-hung works at the start of his career. The rectangular structures, primarily composed of wood and iron, clearly derived from a focus on issues related to painting. Gradually, his work moved away from the wall and attained form in free-standing three-dimensional works. Now, Nakazawa's attention has once again turned to walls.
In this exhibition, Nakazawa displays a new installation work entitled Face the Wall. The work consists of 87 objects some 100cm tall, each composed of a 3mm-diameter steel rod and a wood piece, arranged facing the gallery’s walls. Nakazawa’s characteristic U-shaped steel rod is made to stand independently by bending its legs in right angles. A wood piece, painted white, is fixed to its top. The objects, slightly differing in height and shape, all face the wall arranged in rhythmical groups with a margin of space left around them. They also appear like abstracted human forms.
Nakazawa, who studied painting in university, embarked on creating frame-shaped, wall-hung works at the start of his career. The rectangular structures, primarily composed of wood and iron, clearly derived from a focus on issues related to painting. Gradually, his work moved away from the wall and attained form in free-standing three-dimensional works. Now, Nakazawa's attention has once again turned to walls.
In this exhibition, Nakazawa displays a new installation work entitled Face the Wall. The work consists of 87 objects some 100cm tall, each composed of a 3mm-diameter steel rod and a wood piece, arranged facing the gallery’s walls. Nakazawa’s characteristic U-shaped steel rod is made to stand independently by bending its legs in right angles. A wood piece, painted white, is fixed to its top. The objects, slightly differing in height and shape, all face the wall arranged in rhythmical groups with a margin of space left around them. They also appear like abstracted human forms.
Schedule | Mar 22 (Wed) 2023-Apr 28 (Fri) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Mar 22 (Wed) 2023 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Ando Gallery http://www.andogallery.co.jp  | ||||
| Location | 3-3-6 Hirano, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0023 | ||||
| Access | 12 minute walk from exit A3 at Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station on the Hanzomon or Toei Oedo line, 15 minute walk from exit 3 at Kiba Station on the Tozai line, 16 minute walk from exit A4 at Kikukawa Station on the Toei Shinjuku line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5620-2165 | ||||
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