Takahiro Kondo Exhibition
Barry Friedman Ltd.
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Barry Friedman Ltd., in conjunction with Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., will present an exhibition of approximately 50 new and recent works by artist Takahiro Kondo. The exhibition will feature the latest additions to Kondo’s celebrated Orkney Monolith series, which incorporate his unique gintekisai (“silver mist”) overglaze and luminous layers of cast glass, as well as presenting his latest work, a large-scale wall piece entitled Oil & Water, which has never been shown outside Japan.
The Orkney Monolith series, on view for the first time in the United States, is comprised of works that recall the ancient standing stones found throughout Scotland’s Orkney Islands. These monumental works reflect Kondo’s long-standing fascination with water as a theme in both decorative technique and concept. Water in its different states suggests the mutability of nature as well as its beauty. The recycling of water as it evaporates, rains, and freezes highlights the passage of time, another major theme in Kondo’s work. His works have a spiritual dimension that originate from his Japanese cultural heritage, but the concerns he voices about the effects of man’s intervention in the environment, particularly in his newest work, Oil & Water, have broader ramifications.
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from March 20, 2008 to April 26, 2008