"Sensai" Exhibition
Dillon Gallery
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Kumi Yamashita’s art functions as the visible reminder of invisible art. From simple beginnings, she invites us to reassess the unpredictable relationship between what we expect to see and our actual perception. Much of Kumi Yamashita’s artwork is constructed with everyday things such as alphabets, building blocks, thread, nails, credit card rubbings and light installations. As a result of the process these ordinary material objects are transformed into arresting yet elusive images. Separate pieces may connect together in a shadow, and a simple piece of paper can create an endless variety of profiles. Kumi’s methods and materials go beyond the confines of traditional media, transforming one medium into something else. For example, footprints on a sheet compose a face; blocks of various heights cast a realistic human shadow; a single piece of thread creates a subtly modulated portrait. With great attention to detail, Yamashita’s works are exhaustively complex and precise— yet they remain deeply human.
Kumi Yamashita received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Glasglow School of Art. Her solo shows include: the Seattle Art Museum, Boise Art Museum, Yerba Buena Centre, San Francisco, the Esplanade in Singapore, Hillside Gallery in Tokyo and the Kent Gallery in New York. She is scheduled for a solo exhibition at the Sato Museum, Tokyo and the Dillon Gallery, New York for 2012. Her work is in the collection of the New Mexico History Museum, Seattle City Light, Microsoft Collection, Boise Art Museum, the Hamada Art Museum and others.
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Schedule
from September 08, 2011 to October 04, 2011
Artist(s)
Kumi Yamashita, Asami Yoshiga, Kato Yuwa, Keizaburo Okamura, Kimi Sakaki