Aoyama / Meguro3/3/1Aoyama / MeguroHideki Aoyama2-30-6 Kamimeguro MeguroJP-153-0051 TokyoT +81 3 3711 4099M +11 81 80 3123 268a@aoyamahideki.comwww.aoyamameguro.comSolo Show at <strong>LISTE</strong>:Koki Tanaka, 1975, JPOther Artists of the Gallery:Sh<strong>in</strong>ya Aota, JPSatoshi Hashimoto, JPHirofumi Isoya, JPChosil Kil, RKLotte Lyon, ROEuan Macdonald, USHiroaki Morita, JPKen Sasaki, JPJunya Sato, JPKoki Tanaka#0 communal teadr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g (from aseries of precarioustasks), 2012Collective acts,photograph and text73 × 110 cmCredits: created withAoyama Meguro,TokyoKoki TanakaGo to a flowermarket and make abouquet of flowersas big as possible,2009Photograph and text68.4 × 102.6 cmKoki TanakaA behavioral statement(or an unconsciousprotest), <strong>2013</strong>HD video, 8m<strong>in</strong>Photo credit: TakashiFujikawaCredits: film<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>cooperation withKorean CulturalCenter, KoreanEmbassy <strong>in</strong> JapanCommissionedby <strong>The</strong> JapanFoundationEquipment support:Artists’ Guild56 / 57Yes, our lives are complicated, you know.And I can say that reality of life consistof abstract th<strong>in</strong>gs and moments. Let’s th<strong>in</strong>kabout it. What did you have for breakfastthis morn<strong>in</strong>g? I had a peanuts buttersandwich with banana and a couple ofcoffee. Of course, I can remember it butthose th<strong>in</strong>gs are not real anymore. That ismemory of my breakfast. I just reconstructthe past at the very moment of now.Even if you are eat<strong>in</strong>g someth<strong>in</strong>g right now,you cannot catch all the reality of that food.If you can taste it, you just feel the tastefrom your tongue and mouth. But the foodhas many different k<strong>in</strong>ds of aspect. Let’ssay, peanuts butter could be material forpa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g, banana could be trap for mak<strong>in</strong>gpeople to slip on and coffee could growbeautiful flowers. We could f<strong>in</strong>dout alternative way to view our everydaylives even we are hav<strong>in</strong>g banal breakfastsame as yesterday. In the very usualmoment, we could see someth<strong>in</strong>g new atthe same time. <strong>The</strong>re are a lot of abstractth<strong>in</strong>gs and moments wait<strong>in</strong>g for usto brake through to a new perspective.If we face the reality of life, I th<strong>in</strong>k wecan deepen our understand<strong>in</strong>g of the world.I always try to look for that k<strong>in</strong>d of moment<strong>in</strong> my life. (Koki Tanaka)Aoyama / Meguro was founded as apreparation office (private gallery) to repre -sent Koki Tanaka <strong>in</strong> 2004, moved toNakameguro, Tokyo, and officially opened<strong>in</strong> 2007.Our gallery <strong>in</strong>dicate how to update andopen perception and <strong>in</strong>troduce approx -imately 10 <strong>art</strong>ists ma<strong>in</strong>ly from Japan, Vienna,UK and US. <strong>in</strong> the context of conceptual <strong>art</strong>.S<strong>in</strong>ce the foundation of the gallery,we encourage our <strong>art</strong>ists to engage <strong>in</strong> awide variety of activities such as,writ<strong>in</strong>g, hav<strong>in</strong>g their exhibition, p<strong>art</strong>icipat<strong>in</strong>gto talk shows or projects outside the gallery,and so on.One of the most significant event this yearis, our representative <strong>art</strong>ists, Koki Tanaka willrepresent Japan at the <strong>2013</strong> VeniceBiennale.
Balice Hertl<strong>in</strong>g1/1/2Balice Hertl<strong>in</strong>gDaniele BaliceAlexander Hertl<strong>in</strong>gShown at <strong>LISTE</strong>:Camille Blatrix, 1984, FRIsabelle Cornaro, 1974, FRSam Falls, 1984, USA47 rue RamponeauFR-75020 ParisT +33 <strong>14</strong>0 33 47 26F +33 <strong>14</strong>0 33 47 36Other <strong>art</strong>ists of the gallery:Neïl Beloufa, FRKerst<strong>in</strong> Brätsch, DEMary Beth Edelson, USLuca Frei, CHNikolas Gambaroff, DEAlexander May, USgallery@balicehertl<strong>in</strong>g.comwww.balicehertl<strong>in</strong>g.comCharles Mayton, USGreg Parma Smith, USReto Pulfer, CHSamuel Richardot, FROscar Tuazon, USStephen Willats, UKIsabelle CornaroGod Boxes, <strong>2013</strong>Elastomericpolyurethane,pa<strong>in</strong>ted steel<strong>14</strong>2 × 86 × 68 cm(each)exhibition viewBalice Hertl<strong>in</strong>g, Paris(bottom left)Sam FallsTires (Blue 3), 2012Acrylic on archivalpigment pr<strong>in</strong>t55 × 44 <strong>in</strong>(bottom right)Camille BlatrixAllison’s letter toVictor, <strong>2013</strong>Sterl<strong>in</strong>g silver, Riorosewood, Parisianmaple, bronze16 × 13 × <strong>18</strong> cm58 / 59Balice Hertl<strong>in</strong>g was founded <strong>in</strong> 2007 byDaniele Balice, Alexander Hertl<strong>in</strong>g and PatiHertl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the Belleville qu<strong>art</strong>er of Paris.Balice Hertl<strong>in</strong>g’s purpose is to developa cross discipl<strong>in</strong>ary gallery program whichreflects a variety of op<strong>in</strong>ions and practicesamong <strong>young</strong> <strong>art</strong>ists. <strong>The</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> focusof Balice Hertl<strong>in</strong>g is to support a variety ofapproaches, the uniqueness of the visionsof each of the <strong>art</strong>ists represented.<strong>The</strong> gallery is thereby meant to provide aframework for understand<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>tersect<strong>in</strong>gfields of <strong>art</strong>, culture, economics andpolitics. Focus<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>ly on a new generationof <strong>art</strong>ists, Balice Hertl<strong>in</strong>g has organized thefirst solo exhibitions of most of the <strong>art</strong>istsrepresented by the gallery, such as Kerst<strong>in</strong>Brätsch, Isabelle Cornaro and NikolasGambaroff. <strong>The</strong> gallery also arrangedexhibitions with Mary Beth Edelson andStephen Willats, sem<strong>in</strong>al figures for someof the gallery <strong>art</strong>ists, creat<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>tergenerationalsynergy. S<strong>in</strong>ce 2009 the galleryhas moved to a larger space, wherethe production of each show privileges sitespecific <strong>in</strong>stallations.