3-Dimensional Arts
I visited the special exhibition “3-Dimensional Arts,” held at “Artglorieux GALLERY OF TOKYO,” a gallery on the 5th floor of GINZA SIX.
It’s a group show by popular mid-career and younger sculptors active across a range of genres, and this is the first installment of a run held over two consecutive weeks.
This time it features two artists: Akio Omori, who freely commands a variety of techniques — wood carving, dry-and-wet modeling, bronze — to create sculptural works brimming with life; and Takeshi Uchibayashi, who works with materials such as wood, metal, minerals, and electrical components on themes like machines, the city, the cosmos, time, and geometry.
Akio Omori
In the area right as you enter the gallery, Akio Omori’s works greet you.
There are many works depicting living creatures, imaginary ones included, unfolding a world all his own. The impression is of works with a calm tone and a solid core.
Takeshi Uchibayashi
Takeshi Uchibayashi’s works center on pieces with built-in mechanisms that combine “light” and “wood.”
Insert an SD card and it plays music; a radio is built in; pull open a drawer and a switch turns ON, and so on.
The exquisite brightness of the mood-setting lights is the key.
There are many works you’d want to place among your interior furnishings, and you often find yourself gazing at them intently.
Beyond the ideas behind the works, they also possess the strength to stand tall and confident as works of art.
Takeshi Uchibayashi’s works radiated tremendous strength — it was a wonderful exhibition.
