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The overlap of interest between Mirosław Bałka and the Tatsuno Art Project has brought them into a partnership where the sculptor's work will be featured as a part of their 2013 exhibition.
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Mirosław Bałka’s career as a sculptor is a symbolic representation of his genealogy. His father engraved the names onto the tomb stones that his grandfather would make. This precedent provided a platform from which Bałka could pursue his explorations into memory with perfect contingency. Searching for what lingers on in phenomena distinguished by their transient nature is an ever present component to the work of the interdisciplinary artist. Often employing video projections to accompany his sculptures, Bałka articulates poignant insight into the interaction of the physical and the ephemeral.
Parallelling the line of interest followed by the artist, the Tatsuno Art Project seeks to combine cultural heritage with the avant-garde. As an old castle town near Himeji in Japan, Tatsuno initiated this series of exhibitions as an attempt to attract visitors with contemporary creations while highlighting their rich traditions. The installations are taking place in historic houses and century old soy sauce warehouses that date back to the Edo period. By using classic spaces in imaginative ways the project will be a proponent of conservation and innovation.
The exhibition will be held from the 15th to the 24th of November and featured the artistic direction of Professor Akiko Kasuya from the Kyoto City University of Arts.
Sources: Polish Institute in Tokyo, kansaiscene, own materials, author: SMG 13/11/2013