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| An
Exhibition featuring works by |
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Michael
Lin, Hisayasu Takashio, and C. J. Yeh |
| Curated
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Miwako
Tezuka & Shin-Yi Yang |
| November
7 - December 14, 2002 |
| Opening
Reception: Thursday, November 7, 6 - 8pm |
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Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 12 noon - 6pm
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What does "home"
mean to us? Is it a
place of intimacy? Is it a meditative space set aside from
the hustle-bustle of everyday life? Or is it a nostalgic
origin from which we all depart?
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Collection of the
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
Photo by Kempachi Fujimoto
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The Ise Cultural Foundation
proudly presents "Making It Home", an exhibition
that focuses on the theme of "home", the impact
of migration, and the resulting feelings of dislocation
and relocation. Through the work of three Asian artists:
Michael Lin, C. J. Yeh, and Hisayasu Takashio, the exhibition
shows how this notion of "home" remains an elusive,
yet inspirational source for the themes of exile, the boundary-crossing,
and community.
Michael Lin was born in Japan, raised in Taiwan, and has
lived in the United States. Currently, he spends his time
mostly in Europe. His biography exemplifies a multi-cultural
life of the contemporary artist, and he forms his view of
"home" as a heterogeneous mixture of cultures.
Lin fabricates a platform using decorative elements of multiple
origins and invites us to rest upon his work. His installation
becomes a temporary place for communal gathering.
Taiwanese artist
C. J. Yeh has been based in the United States since 1993.
He meticulously paints 162 wooden blocks and hinges them
together to make them adjustable to their surroundings.
Playful and inviting, the work resembles a child's toy,
but we are denied of access. This contradiction reflects
Yeh's continuing experience of alienation in America, and
his artistic practice serves as a means to locate his "home"
in cultural flux.
Hisayasu Takashio is a Japanese artist who came to America
in 1991. He paints images that are vaguely identifiable
as panoramic views of the ocean or of barren lands. His
work suggests the blurring of internal and external territories
where psychological landscapes have no cultural certainty.
A characteristic trace of his work is intensely textured
painting surfaces. Takashio simulates the act of a toddler
identifying its "home" for the first time through
physical attachment to a space.
The exhibition installation incorporates the distinct work
of these three artists in a collaborative manner. The result
is the creation of a private space that is likened to an
expression of "home" within the public sphere
of a gallery. Lin's "Complimentary" (1998) offers
an area for the visitor to lounge freely. Entering and departing
from this marked space simulates migratory movement. Yeh's
"Round Trip" (1998-2002) is arranged literally
in a round, and it directs us to a movement of circular
pilgrimage that has neither beginning nor end. Takashio's
painting series entitled "Landscape" (2000-2002)
encases the entire setting with amorphous images.
Exhibition's Web site is here.
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