MIXED UP!
July 31st - August 20th, 2014
Opening reception: July 31st, 9:00pm~
Artists:
Taiyo Kimura
Bodo Korsig
Kaori Tazoe
Shingo Francis
Galerie Paris
Mitsui Busan Build. 1F
14 Nihon Oodori
Naka-ku, Yokohama
E-mail: info@galerieparis.net
GALERIE
PARIS is pleased to announce the international group exhibition Mixed
Up! curated by artist Shingo Francis, featuring works by Taiyo Kimura ,
Bodo Korsig and Kaori Tazoe.
Mixed Up!
comments on the
individual, existential aspect of art making versus the shared exchange of
knowledge and ideas found in the art community. No matter how removed one tries
to become, the history and personal contact an artist is exposed to perhaps
informs the work.
As a
satellite project of the 5th edition of the Yokohama Triennale, the
international contemporary art exhibition held every three years, this special
group exhibition examines the subject of space, resonating with the historical
attributes which Yokohama and the Mitsui Bussan building, where GALERIE
PARIS is located, has to offer. An artist panel discussion is scheduled for the
public. In this exhibition we bring together four artists working in
three
The concept of
a group exhibition challenges the idea of a "group", something deemed
to have a coherence and inherent relationship. Besides identifying themselves
as artists, we pose the question of what these artists have in common? How
their artistic practice relate as contemporary artists and peers? Mixed Up! explores
this question of bringing together a group of artist under one theme and in
this case, a single space. History has repeated this concept of a group show
starting from the days of the Salon in 17th century Europe.
The question
we would like the viewer to ask himself is: is this a successful model for
presenting an artist's work? Does the reality of being an artist and being
exposed to history and a broader art world create a cohesiveness that is interesting
or helpful to the artist's practice? What relations de we see in their
practice? Is a group show a means to a economic and practical ends given
how many artists there are relative to opportunities for exposure?
Or can a
group show be as cohesive as a singular exhibition by one artist?
Ultimately, what is the true value of a group show? I argue that I wanted
to exhibit along side my peers to mix the results of our studio practice under
one banner and theme. Allowing the random selection of work each artist
brings to the exhibition determine the answers to the questions previously
posed in this essay.
Let's mix it
up and see!
- Shingo
Francis
