Parasol Unit

Yutaka Sone

19 Sep - 16 Dec 2007

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Ski-Lift and African Landscape, Installation shot at Parasol unit, 2007
YUTAKA SONE
"Secret for snow leopard"

Sone’s great love and fascination for nature, combined with a wholly open approach to life and art galvanizes a highly unconventional art. Working in various media, Sone makes installations, performance art, and films; he paints; and like a traditional sculptor carves hard marble and crystal. A common thread recognisable throughout Sone’s work is his willingness to take risks and experiment, which at times can make some works appear to be unfinished or in a state of flux. In this exhibition, Sone shows several of his exquisitely carved marble pieces, some of which have never been shown before; a recreation of the jungle, a maquette-like architectural landscape that includes snow-capped mountains, rivers and living plants, all within the same self-contained world; some twenty crystal snowflakes and a selection of new and recent paintings. Sone was born in 1965 in Shizuoka, Japan, and now lives and works in Los Angeles.
 

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