Chiho Aoshima
dal 27/5/2005 al 2/7/2005
Segnalato da
27/5/2005
Chiho Aoshima
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Asleep, dreaming of reptilian glory. Reflecting the complexities between civilization and nature, the exhibition continues to translate artist's resourceful ideas about the fundamental meaning of life on earth. Rooted in the tradition of drawing and based on images she generates on her computer, the works are the result of the usage of diverse technologies.
Asleep, dreaming of reptilian glory
Blum & Poe is pleased to present a new exhibition by Tokyo based artist Chiho
Aoshima. Asleep, dreaming of reptilian glory will mark her second solo exhibition at
the gallery.
Reflecting the complexities between civilization and nature Asleep, dreaming of
reptilian glory continues to translate Aoshima’s resourceful ideas about the
fundamental meaning of life on earth. Rooted in the tradition of drawing and based
on images she generates on her computer, the works in the exhibition are the result
of the usage of diverse technologies.
The main gallery will be comprised of nine new chromogenic prints and Aoshima’s
first sculpture, giving form to the aesthetic content of her imagery. The exhibition
will also premiere the first video installation of Aoshima’s vision—an animation
collaboration with film director Bruce Ferguson.
The second gallery of Asleep, dreaming of reptilian glory will be covered entirely
with an apocalyptic four-wall mural and floor installation personifying strands of
her thoughts that seem to have flown around the universe before returning to be
materialized.
Concurrently to the exhibition at Blum & Poe, Aoshima’s works are on view in the
exhibition Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, curated by Takashi
Murakami at the Japan Society in New York from April 8-July 24, 2005. Organized in
collaboration with the New York Public Art Fund the series City Glow and Paradise
are on view throughout the month of May as mural installations in Union Square
Subway Station, New York.
Chiho Aoshima was born in 1974 in Tokyo. She graduated from the Department of
Economics at Hosei University in Tokyo in 1995. Aoshima is a member of Takashi
Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki studio in Japan.
For information please contact Winnie Bowers or Alexandra Gaty at the gallery
(winnie@blumandpoe.com/alexandra@blumandpoe.com)
Image: Strawberry Fields, 2003, 33 1/2 x 55 inches, chromogenic print, © [2003] Chiho Aoshima/ Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd All Rights Reserved.
Opening Reception: May 28, 2005 6-8 pm
BLUM & POE
2754 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90034