iimura's solo exhibition, N.Y.
Taka iimura's solo exhibition at MICROSCOPE Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
March 19 – April 11, 2011
March 19 – April 11, 2011
Opening Reception Saturday March 19 6-9PM
w/ live 16mm projection performance of the ever-changing “Circle and a Square”
Microscope Gallery is honored to
present the first Brooklyn solo exhibition of the film and video pioneer
Takahiko Iimura. BETWEEN THE FRAMES is a comprehensive exhibition
featuring works made from 1970 to the present, many of which are
constantly evolving. The new suspended installation “400 frames” uses
ink drawings from 1970. A new print series “MA: The Stones Have Moved”
are made from digital drawings related to his 2004 animated video of a
Zen garden in Kyoto of the same title. Also on display: Iimura’s famous
1993 “funny faces” silkscreens and video game installation based on
Derridda’s “Difference” dealing with physicality of language “AIUEONN
Six Features", never-before-seen sculptures made from 16mm
film loop and more.
Iimura has been working with the
moving image on film since the 60s and video since the early 70s. After
moving to New York in the late 60s became involved with the avant garde
scene along side Yoko Ono and Nam Jun Paik and is recognized as one of
the most important Japanese artists today. His work is shown widely with
numerous solo shows including MoMA, the Whitney Museum, the National
Gallery Jeu de Paume, Paris, Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, and
the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo. Iimura currently
lives and works in Tokyo and NYC.
“his [Iimura’s] Japanese origins contributed decisively to his uncompromising explorations of cinema’s minimalist and conceptual possibilities. He has explored this direction of cinema in greater depth than anyone else. To review all of Iimura’s work…is an important occasion for all who are concerned with the development and pleasure of cinema as an art. --Jonas Mekas
More info at: www.microscopegallery.com
MICROSCOPE Gallery
4
Charles Place
Brooklyn, 11221
Gallery Hours: Thurs
to Mon. 1-6PM, and by appointment
Tel:
347.925.1433
email: info@microscopegallery.com
