CATALOGUE OF WORKS
presents
“The Resurrections”
Taisuke Mohri
Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
2013 March 20 (WED) – 24(SUN)
On March 20th during the busiest art week in Tokyo, Frantic Gallery will be honored to present “The Resurrections”, Exhibition of pencil drawings by
Taisuke Mohri from the series of work dedicated to hyper realistic techniques for bringing to life stone and bronze sculptures of eminent figures of
Renaissance.
In Mohri’s works the representation of the face on paper gives itself to the viewer as a photo of a sculpture but as time of the observation unfolds and the
distance between the eye and the image diminishes the statue comes alive disclosing to the viewer the ashy substance of pencil drawing as well as vivid
traces of “organic body surface”.
Wrinkles, birthmarks, tiny skin swellings as well as purely organic smoothness and roundness of the casted head create visual oxymoron, generating
constant shifts in perception of the image, which oscillates between physical presence and representation, between life and stone.
The artist uses pencil as well as quality of human perception to make a Triple Maneuver. He depicts three-dimensional object on the surface of a paper in
the way it looks as a sculpture installed in the space. Then he emphasizes the surface of the stone (“inside” the paper) by infusing flesh, skin and age in the
image of the saints and warriors. Finally he “revives” the depicted figure itself driving “Life” into it so the figure provokes onlooker’s imagination on what
might be the emotional state, the world inside the personage. First, eliminate the surface of the medium (paper), than bring the focus on the surface of
sculpture, finally, create the illusion of “inside” of the resurrected person – this is the structure of photo-realistic labyrinth the artist offers us to experience.
Mohri’s “Resurrections” bring attention not only to the possibilities of hyperrealism to create decisive 3-dimentional images. His triple move brings new
questions to the relationship between “original” and “re-presented”, “surface” and “content” of a figure, shedding light on the visual qualities of life itself.
Exhibition Title: The Resurrections
Participating Artist: Taisuke Mohri
Organized by: Frantic Gallery
Curated by: ENTOMORODIA curatorial net/work
Dates: 2013 March 20 (WED) –March 20(SUN)
Opening reception: 2013 March 20 (WED) 17:00-19:00
Open : 12:00 – 19:00 (open every day during the exhibition)
Adress: IID 1F, 2-4-5 Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan 154-0001 1F
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“The Resurrections: Donatello's Gattamelata (1453)”, pencil on paper, 73×73cm, 2013
“The Resurrections: Donatello's Gattamelata (1453)”, pencil on paper, 73×73cm, 2013 (DETAIL)
“The Resurrections: Donatello's Gattamelata (1453)”, pencil on paper, 73×73cm, 2013 (DETAIL)
“The Resurrections: Donatello's St.George (1416)”, pencil on paper, 73×73cm, 2012
“The Resurrections: Donatello's St.George (1416)”, pencil on paper, 73×73cm, 2012 (DETAIL)
“The Resurrections: Donatello's St.George (1416)”, pencil on paper, 73×73cm, 2012
(DETAIL)
“The Resurrections: Donatello's St.George (1416)”, pencil on paper, 73×73cm, 2012
(DETAIL)
“The Resurrections: Donatello's St.George (1416)”, pencil on paper, 73×73cm, 2012
(DETAIL)
“The Resurrections” related “The Cracked Portrait”
Untitled, pencil on paper/glass, drawing: 51x51cm frame:88x62cm, 2012
Untitled, pencil on paper/glass, drawing: 51x51cm frame:88x62cm,2012
Artist’s Bio:
Taisuke Mohri/毛利太祐
1983
2009
Born in Sapporo
Tokyo Art University, B.A. Industrial Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2013
“The Resurrections”, Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
2012
“The Cracked Portraits”, Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibition
2011 “2011 FRANTIC UNDERLINES”, Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
2010 "2010 FRANTIC UNDERLINES", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
2010 "frantic drawings", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
2009
2008
2006
"Extra Real" Exhibition, ULTRA002, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
"Archives", Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo
"Graduated Works Exhibition of Tokyo Art University", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo
"stop by art", Ueno Station Gallery, Tokyo
"Vessels" Exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Department, Art Square, Tokyo
"plug", LE DECO, Tokyo
Awards
2008 "Fujino Prize", Fujino Kinzoku Co.
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