Toru Ishii "Contemporary Life"
Ise Cultural Foundation Gallery
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ISE Cultural Foundation presents "Contempirary Life", solo exhibition by Toru Ishii at the Front Space.
In this exhibition, "Contempirary Life" deals with visualizations of bodies (company employees) and sceneries (convenience stores, fast food restaurants, vending machines, urban spaces) of contemporary social life. Based on a definition of the act of dyeing as "fixation = conservation", Ishii utilizes paintings as media for conserving icons and surface of a universal language that is characteristic of today's capitalist society. As a successor of the new generation of Japanese traditional crafts, Ishii is developing a fusion of ancient craft and contemporary art, and is establishing new value of innovative traditional art in the present time.
Ishii is taking PhD at Tokyo University of the Arts. He has had solo exhibition at Mizuma Action and Tokyo Operacity Gallery among others in Tokyo. This is his first solo show in New York.
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Schedule
from March 23, 2012 to April 28, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-03-23 from 18:00 to 20:00