Taguchi Kazuna and Iwanaga Tadasuke
26 Jan - 02 Mar 2013
TAGUCHI KAZUNA AND IWANAGA TADASUKE
THE CRIMSON SUN
26 January – 2 March 2013
ShugoArts is pleased to present “THE CRIMSON SUN,” an exhibition featuring the work of two artists, Taguchi Kazuna and Iwanaga Tadasuke.
This exhibition is the culmination of a an idea that Taguchi had in the spring of 2011, when she was residing in Budapest and Iwanaga was in Kyushu Prefecture researching magic.
Since returning in February 2012 from a one-year residence in Vienna, Taguchi has been experimenting with the use of chemical processing to colorize the silver halide in black and white photographic paper. In her work titled blueness of the blue, which is currently included in the group show “somewhere between me and this world” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the blue-colored image she achieved from a reaction between the potassium ferricyanide and iron ions during toning is still unstable and continues to change. At “THE CRIMSON SUN,” Taguchi will display works that have been made using her usual technique of photographing a painting she has made but that have also gone through a further stage of colorizing using developing and toning techniques.
For Tadasuke Iwanaga, this is his first exhibition since the National Museum of Art, Osaka’s “Garden of Painting: Japanese Art of the 00s,” which was held three years ago. “Hexagram,” a series he painted in 2007, suggests through the use of color a hexagram being burned or destroyed. Meanwhile, his 2008 work, “Anno Domini 2008,” conveys the artist’s belief that information conveyed solely by the subtle use of color can nevertheless stimulate and liberate the senses. In “THE CRIMSON SUN” his layering of transparent colors gives way to a complex illusion, by which the colors appear to be continually changing. Titled heptagram, the work takes its name from a shape that is theoretically impossible.
http://syabi.com/e/contents/exhibition/index-1717.html
Both artists will participate in a discussion from 15:00 till 17:00 on Jan. 20 (Saturday) at the 2nd floor lounge of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, where Taguchi currently has work included in the exhibition “somewhere between me and this world” (till Jan. 27). (Venue capacity: 50 people)
Born in 1979 in Tokyo. Taguchi graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a Ph.D. in painting. She currently resides and works in Tokyo. Taguchi spent one year in Vienna in 2011 after receiving the “Shinjin” (Most Promising Talent) Award, Fine Art Division at the Gotoh Commemorative Culture Award operated by The Gotoh Memorial Foundation. She has also recently received a scholarship in the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists and is planning to reside in Vienna for a further three years from March. Major solo exhibitions include “It is as it is” at ShugoArts (2009) and “Half in Gray” at void + (2009). Major group exhibitions include “somewhere between me and this world” at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (till Jan. 27), Yokohama Triennale: Our Magic Hour (2011), “Mr. Freedom X” at A+ (2009), and “Trace Elements” at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2008) and The Performance Space, Sydney (2008).
Born in 1979 in Saga Prefecture. In 2008, Iwanaga graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a Ph.D. in painting. Since 2001 he has been active in the rock band “Mamidori Ulithi empress yonaguni san.” Major music activities include “123 fairy tail chimidoro phenomenon satan Inferno dress ha cattlemurarete yggdrasill wa sasaru” (2012) and “Summer Mountain, Summer Sea” (as a solo artist, 2010). Major solo exhibitions include “one eyed imp” at LISTE09 (2009), “Sora no yurei ishi no katana, hinoki no bo” (Ghost of Sky, Sword of Stone, Stick of Spear) at T&S Gallery (2008), “TAKJIRO” at magical ARTROOM (2007) and “Henji, mugon,” (Reply, silence,) at Gallery Kaku (2004). Major group exhibitions include “Garden of Painting: Japanese Art of the 00s” at National Museum of Art, Osaka (2010). He has curated exhibitions such as “Chisei” (Intellect) at island (2009) and “Mr. FREEDOM X” at A+ (2009). In 2007, he published the manga “Takajiro.”
THE CRIMSON SUN
26 January – 2 March 2013
ShugoArts is pleased to present “THE CRIMSON SUN,” an exhibition featuring the work of two artists, Taguchi Kazuna and Iwanaga Tadasuke.
This exhibition is the culmination of a an idea that Taguchi had in the spring of 2011, when she was residing in Budapest and Iwanaga was in Kyushu Prefecture researching magic.
Since returning in February 2012 from a one-year residence in Vienna, Taguchi has been experimenting with the use of chemical processing to colorize the silver halide in black and white photographic paper. In her work titled blueness of the blue, which is currently included in the group show “somewhere between me and this world” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the blue-colored image she achieved from a reaction between the potassium ferricyanide and iron ions during toning is still unstable and continues to change. At “THE CRIMSON SUN,” Taguchi will display works that have been made using her usual technique of photographing a painting she has made but that have also gone through a further stage of colorizing using developing and toning techniques.
For Tadasuke Iwanaga, this is his first exhibition since the National Museum of Art, Osaka’s “Garden of Painting: Japanese Art of the 00s,” which was held three years ago. “Hexagram,” a series he painted in 2007, suggests through the use of color a hexagram being burned or destroyed. Meanwhile, his 2008 work, “Anno Domini 2008,” conveys the artist’s belief that information conveyed solely by the subtle use of color can nevertheless stimulate and liberate the senses. In “THE CRIMSON SUN” his layering of transparent colors gives way to a complex illusion, by which the colors appear to be continually changing. Titled heptagram, the work takes its name from a shape that is theoretically impossible.
http://syabi.com/e/contents/exhibition/index-1717.html
Both artists will participate in a discussion from 15:00 till 17:00 on Jan. 20 (Saturday) at the 2nd floor lounge of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, where Taguchi currently has work included in the exhibition “somewhere between me and this world” (till Jan. 27). (Venue capacity: 50 people)
Born in 1979 in Tokyo. Taguchi graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a Ph.D. in painting. She currently resides and works in Tokyo. Taguchi spent one year in Vienna in 2011 after receiving the “Shinjin” (Most Promising Talent) Award, Fine Art Division at the Gotoh Commemorative Culture Award operated by The Gotoh Memorial Foundation. She has also recently received a scholarship in the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists and is planning to reside in Vienna for a further three years from March. Major solo exhibitions include “It is as it is” at ShugoArts (2009) and “Half in Gray” at void + (2009). Major group exhibitions include “somewhere between me and this world” at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (till Jan. 27), Yokohama Triennale: Our Magic Hour (2011), “Mr. Freedom X” at A+ (2009), and “Trace Elements” at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2008) and The Performance Space, Sydney (2008).
Born in 1979 in Saga Prefecture. In 2008, Iwanaga graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a Ph.D. in painting. Since 2001 he has been active in the rock band “Mamidori Ulithi empress yonaguni san.” Major music activities include “123 fairy tail chimidoro phenomenon satan Inferno dress ha cattlemurarete yggdrasill wa sasaru” (2012) and “Summer Mountain, Summer Sea” (as a solo artist, 2010). Major solo exhibitions include “one eyed imp” at LISTE09 (2009), “Sora no yurei ishi no katana, hinoki no bo” (Ghost of Sky, Sword of Stone, Stick of Spear) at T&S Gallery (2008), “TAKJIRO” at magical ARTROOM (2007) and “Henji, mugon,” (Reply, silence,) at Gallery Kaku (2004). Major group exhibitions include “Garden of Painting: Japanese Art of the 00s” at National Museum of Art, Osaka (2010). He has curated exhibitions such as “Chisei” (Intellect) at island (2009) and “Mr. FREEDOM X” at A+ (2009). In 2007, he published the manga “Takajiro.”