Richard Tuttle: San, Shi, Go
Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyobashi is pleased to present 鈥淪an, Shi, Go,鈥� an exhibition by Richard Tuttle. Now 83 years old, Tuttle is one of the most important contemporary artists of our time. He has built a career spanning some 60 years and continues to work with a radical spirit of inquiry.
The new works in this exhibition are the works that articulate various thought processes about numbers, concepts, colors, and the invisible, all of which Tuttle has an abiding interest in, expressed through a lighthearted, rich worldview using everyday materials such as wood, paper, cloth, wire, plastic, and styrofoam.
鈥淲ith numbers, the West writes 鈥渙ne鈥� with a vertical line, and the East with a horizontal line. When young, I was happy to learn this, even though asking, why are these methods opposite? Now I can ask, beg and plead with the world, how do I write 鈥渙ne?鈥濃��
鈥淭here are various colors that interpenetrate numbers and concept. They are striations laid down by something that must have something to do with the structure that holds concept apart from things.鈥�
Many of the works in this exhibition make use of wood, and Tuttle himself also makes reference to this.
鈥淚 have been wondering why I use wood. I used to think, wood is about morality. Whenever you see wood used in houses, it gives a sense of moral strength. I did not like this, because I wanted art to be free of morality. Now, I am interested. Why are we moral? Maybe, KAZU, among other things, examines this? We will have to wait to see the exhibition, what happens, for the works, 1 鈥� 24, certainly develop and grow, just like numbers.鈥�
Tuttle contributed the following poem to this exhibition.
Tuttle continues to probe and question various issues through his work. This exhibition promises us the pleasure of spending time in the company of his work, and of vicariously experiencing the discovery of everything unexpected and interesting in each and every moment of this world. We hope you will join us in this experience of Richard Tuttle鈥檚 new worldview.
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Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyobashi is pleased to present 鈥淪an, Shi, Go,鈥� an exhibition by Richard Tuttle. Now 83 years old, Tuttle is one of the most important contemporary artists of our time. He has built a career spanning some 60 years and continues to work with a radical spirit of inquiry.
The new works in this exhibition are the works that articulate various thought processes about numbers, concepts, colors, and the invisible, all of which Tuttle has an abiding interest in, expressed through a lighthearted, rich worldview using everyday materials such as wood, paper, cloth, wire, plastic, and styrofoam.
鈥淲ith numbers, the West writes 鈥渙ne鈥� with a vertical line, and the East with a horizontal line. When young, I was happy to learn this, even though asking, why are these methods opposite? Now I can ask, beg and plead with the world, how do I write 鈥渙ne?鈥濃��
鈥淭here are various colors that interpenetrate numbers and concept. They are striations laid down by something that must have something to do with the structure that holds concept apart from things.鈥�
Many of the works in this exhibition make use of wood, and Tuttle himself also makes reference to this.
鈥淚 have been wondering why I use wood. I used to think, wood is about morality. Whenever you see wood used in houses, it gives a sense of moral strength. I did not like this, because I wanted art to be free of morality. Now, I am interested. Why are we moral? Maybe, KAZU, among other things, examines this? We will have to wait to see the exhibition, what happens, for the works, 1 鈥� 24, certainly develop and grow, just like numbers.鈥�
Tuttle contributed the following poem to this exhibition.
Tuttle continues to probe and question various issues through his work. This exhibition promises us the pleasure of spending time in the company of his work, and of vicariously experiencing the discovery of everything unexpected and interesting in each and every moment of this world. We hope you will join us in this experience of Richard Tuttle鈥檚 new worldview.
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