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Two Exhibitions
dal 15/6/2012 al 27/10/2012
10 - 22, 10 - 17 on Tue

Segnalato da

Takahashi Shinya


approfondimenti

Lee Changwon



 
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15/6/2012

Two Exhibitions

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

"Arab Express" commemorates the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Kingdom of Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Lee Changwon's "Parallel World" uses photographs with elements cut out of them.


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Arab Express

All eyes are now on the contemporary artists of the Arab world

From lifestyles to identity, the rapidly transforming Arab world possesses a diversity of cultures that cannot be overstated. And the traditions, religion, customs and aesthetics that constitute that diversity are vividly reflected in the work of the region's artists.

In the last few years, many exhibitions of contemporary art from the Arab world have been held globally, and within the region itself there are indications that the art industry is maturing, with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art opening in Doha (Qatar) in 2010, and branches of the Louvre and the Guggenheim Museum now under construction in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). "Arab Express" introducing the artworks by approximately 30 artists from the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding Arab countries, is the first exhibition of its kind ever to be held in Japan.

This exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Kingdom of Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates; as well as the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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MAM Project 017: Lee Changwon

South Korean artist Lee Changwon (born 1972) studied at the Kunstakademie Münster after graduating from Seoul National University's College of Fine Art, and was based in Germany for over ten years.

Lee makes artworks incorporating visual tricks that question the nature of the act of seeing. The works in his well-known human silhouette series appear from a distance as though they were paintings on canvas. In reality, however, the images consist only of shadows cast by objects such as tea leaves and safflower petals that he arranges on white, venetian blind-like shelves affixed to walls.

The exhibited work, Parallel World, uses photographs with elements cut out of them. Light is directed onto these cut-out sections and reflected off mirrors underneath to produce dynamic silhouettes that are projected vividly onto the surrounding walls. However, many of the newspaper and magazine news photographs depict tragic scenes, and in some cases the silhouettes of people killed in strife-torn regions have been cut out. Although “Parallel World” has been exhibited previously as a series, this exhibition will present a new version including images from the recent news in Japan such as the Great East Japan earthquake, as well as other new sources.

Upon realizing these images that stand out so clearly are formed from delicate materials likely to crumble the moment they are touched, and that behind the innocently fluttering silhouettes lurks tragedy, we begin to doubt what we see with our own eyes and appreciate the unreliability of our own consciousness. What are we really looking at, and how do we perceive the world? Through his skilful use of visual trickery, Lee seeks to expose the mechanism and dangers of the act of seeing.

Image: © Ahmed Mater
Magnetism, 2011
Courtesy: Edge of Arabia

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