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morio nishimura, "lesen"may 21 - june 18, 2016taguchi fine art, Tokyo |
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Born in Tokyo in 1960, Morio Nishimura now resides in Meerbusch, Germany. After having graduated from Tama Art University in 1985, he moved to Germany as DAAD student in 1991. Got the Meisterschueler from Gueter Ucker at the Art Academy in Dueseldorf in 1995. Under the Japanese government overseas study program for artists, he studied on religion and contemporary art at the department of culture and spiritual history at the art academy in Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz from 1998 to 1999 and stayed there as a lecturer for two and half years. In 2001, received the title of "the artist of Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Koeln 2001-02. It is not Nishimura's intention to make realistic reproduction of lotus leaves or lotus fruits. They are just the symbols of religious activity of human being. Through taking various religious activities around the world as the motif of his works, he consistently investigates into the relation between human being and the world. Followings are his word, "I have no wish to realistically represent or reproduce living lotus leaves. I take it as the motif for my work because it reminds me the idea of Rin-ne or the metaphysical existence as the universe. I am directly giving forms to them. In other words, my work is the transparent congelation of my idea in the form of lotus leaves." "lesen" is a German verb meaning "to read". With the first letter in capital, "Lesen" is a noun meaning "reading a book". It also means "to lecture", "to presume", "to see", "to watch" or "to observe". In any case, there are not so much difference from Japanese. Nishimura gave to this exhibition "lesen" as its title, expecting the viewers to think about an act called "to view", "to see" and "to appreciate". What kind of "viewing" rises when we "read" sculptures ? He wants to focus on the way of appreciation, managing our "intellect" and "sense" well and "reading" an object naturally as much as possible, and accepting it as it is. This is his seventh solo show at taguchi fine art. Installed are bronze sculptures from "Sweet Rain", which is his main work for years. In addition to the works with the form of lotus leaves and lotus receptacles, new works on lotus seeds will be on view. They were all cast from the original models, made by getting smooth curve by carving angles of pilled plywood boards. Please come to take a look. checklist of the installation 1. SueBer Regen (Sweet Rain) Zf.B1, 2016 bronze, ed. 3 19.0 x 50.0 x 35.0 cm 2. SueBer Regen (Sweet Rain) Zf.B2, 2016 bronze, ed. 3 25.0 x 50.0 x 31.0 cm 3. SueBer Regen (Sweet Rain)-Oblivion Zf.B1, 2016 bronze, ed. 3 21.0 x 40.0 x 42.0 cm 4. Oblivion-Samenkorn B1, 2016 bronze, ed. 8 9.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm 5. Oblivion-Samenkorn B2, 2016 bronze, ed. 8 9.0 x 7.5 x 7.0 cm 6. Oblivion-Samenkorn B3, 2016 bronze, ed. 8 8.5 x 7.0 x 7.0 cm |