ダニエル・アーシャムの新作＋日本国内初となる個展「My First Show in Japan, Year 2044」が、3月12日より開催されている。
アーシャムは、1980年アメリカのオハイオ州で生まれ、現在はNYを拠点に活動しているアーティスト。作品は、「Fictional Archeology」（フィクションとしての考古学）というコンセプトに基づいた立体作品、ペインティング、インスタレーション、そしてパフォーマンスなどと多岐にわたって制作。すでにPS1 in New York, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, The Athens Bienniale in Athens, Greece, The New Museum in New York, Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, California and Carré d’Art de Nîmes, France など世界中の数多くの美術館、国際展等で発表されている。また、近年アーシャムは映像作品の制作にも精力的に力を入れており、「Future Relic」と題した短編映画のシリーズなどを発表している。
本展では、人類の残像を表した立体作品、カメラ、ラジカセ、パイロットヘルメットなどの立体作品、そして色盲のアーシャムが色覚矯正眼鏡を使って初めて色彩を使って描いたという月を描いた新作の青いペインティングのシリーズを発表。
Daniel Arsham – My First Show in Japan, Year 2044
日程：2016年3月12日〜4月16日
会場：NANZUKA
時間：11:00 – 19:00（日・月・祝祭日定休日）
NANZUKA in Shibuya presents an exhibition of new works by American artist Daniel Arsham. The exhibition marks the artist’s first solo presentation in Japan, and his second in Asia following his show at Galerie Perrotin in Hong Kong last autumn.
While constantly engaging in the repeated search and experimentation of new materials, Arsham embarks on a continuous pursuit for devices that serve to give birth to the imaginary. The artist’s interrogation of the real and the imagined can be recognized from his appropriation of various materials in the sculptural works presented, including materials such as pyrite, selenite, volcanic ash, glass, obsidian, and hydrostone. What serves as a catalyst for Arsham’s exploration of such materials, is his profound interest towards architecture and the environment (geology). From environments with eroded walls, stairs going to nowhere, to landscapes where nature overrides artificial structures, Arsham meticulously unveils spaces and moments that seemingly confuse and confound our expectations, resolving such experiences within the context of his work.
Arsham’s works capture the future from an archaeological perspective, and thus invite the viewers on a journey through time. A corroded and decayed radio-cassette recorder and camera allow viewers to imagine the possibility of the various objects that are present around us to become nothing but fossilized artifacts in the distant future that lies a million years ahead. Alternatively, Arsham’s work provokes us to think about our very own existence. Despite the obvious improbability of the situation, as we set our eyes on the sight of a fossilized human figure we cannot help but contemplate the ephemerality of existence and affirm our understanding that the future of the mankind is indeed not eternal.
The exhibition features sculptural works that represent the remnant traces of mankind, as well as an ensemble of modern artifacts consisting of an army of cameras, radios, and pilot helmets. In addition, the presentation includes a new series of blue paintings depicting the moon, marking Arsham’s first experience of painting in colors achieved through wearing color corrective glasses as a consequence of his colorblind condition.
Daniel Arsham “My First Show in Japan, Year 2044″Nanzuka Gallery Sat 12 Mar – Sat 16 Apr, 2016