Shifts in Japanese Materiality
11 July – 31 August 2019 Bic Tieu | Guy Keulemans | Julie Bartholomew | Kyoko Hashimoto | Liam Mugavin | Rui Kikuchi | Yusuke Takemura This group exhibition of contemporary design practice considers the changing nature of materiality in Japanese object-making culture. Through the work of experimental Japanese and Australian designers, Shifts in Japanese Materiality highlights the porosity of Japanese design and craft processes in a contemporary context.
11 July – 31 August 2019
Bic Tieu | Guy Keulemans | Julie Bartholomew | Kyoko Hashimoto | Liam Mugavin | Rui Kikuchi | Yusuke Takemura
This group exhibition of contemporary design practice considers the changing nature of materiality in Japanese object-making culture. Through the work of experimental Japanese and Australian designers, Shifts in Japanese Materiality highlights the porosity of Japanese design and craft processes in a contemporary context.
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<strong>Japanese</strong> term of kogei. This word <strong>in</strong><br />
the <strong>Japanese</strong> langauge is a name and<br />
category given to <strong>Japanese</strong> craftsmen<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g with traditional craft<br />
materials and processes.I have lived <strong>in</strong><br />
Australia for over ten years now and<br />
I feel stronger the sense of <strong>Japanese</strong><br />
craftsmanship with<strong>in</strong> my works. I<br />
believe the more I create, contemplate<br />
and develop new works, the better I<br />
understand myself.<br />
Yusuke Takemura<br />
Artist Statement<br />
The work <strong>in</strong> this exhibition explores<br />
how my senses of <strong>Japanese</strong>ness were<br />
built by see<strong>in</strong>g and contemplat<strong>in</strong>g my<br />
work.<br />
My current project is focused on<br />
selfconfirmation(exploration), and<br />
ask<strong>in</strong>g myself what is me. Clear glass<br />
is a very mysterious material, yet, it<br />
is a perfect material for me to work<br />
with. I overlap the mysterious feel<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of oversee<strong>in</strong>g solid clear glass and<br />
th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g about my m<strong>in</strong>d to which<br />
see<strong>in</strong>g solid clear glass doesn’t give you<br />
the solidness of glass. The appearance<br />
of the transparency of glass is almost<br />
weightless. Whilst my m<strong>in</strong>d seems like<br />
exist<strong>in</strong>g, I compare and extend to the<br />
metaphors of this medium. What I see<br />
is just my body(shell), not my m<strong>in</strong>d I<br />
have been also <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> the<br />
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