Saulius Siuksta & Hiroshi Shuto: Two
Sla307 Art Space is pleased to present two outsider artists Saulius Siuksta and Hiroshi Shuto in a duo exhibition entitled two.
In this particular case we are using the "outsider" definition differently then it is commonly used. Most often it refers to a creative person without a formal art education, who's work is sometimes visionary, strange, obsessive, or asocial, or all that combined. Hiroshi and Saulius are very well trained sculptors, both 20 year New York natives, they are well acquainted with contemporary art as they've worked in the art related fields their whole lives. They consider themselves to be more like New York "outsider" artists.
The correlation between Japanese and Lithuanian cultural backgrounds of these two artists is complicated, and probably isn't so crucial, or obvious for neither Hiroshi or Saulius openly exploit their cultural origins. However, it seems that a focus on formal understatement, love for details, materials, repetition and symbolic content are very much appreciated and are featured in both artist's work. Each artist is walking a very personal path, but also through that, they are trying to create something universal.
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Sla307 Art Space is pleased to present two outsider artists Saulius Siuksta and Hiroshi Shuto in a duo exhibition entitled two.
In this particular case we are using the "outsider" definition differently then it is commonly used. Most often it refers to a creative person without a formal art education, who's work is sometimes visionary, strange, obsessive, or asocial, or all that combined. Hiroshi and Saulius are very well trained sculptors, both 20 year New York natives, they are well acquainted with contemporary art as they've worked in the art related fields their whole lives. They consider themselves to be more like New York "outsider" artists.
The correlation between Japanese and Lithuanian cultural backgrounds of these two artists is complicated, and probably isn't so crucial, or obvious for neither Hiroshi or Saulius openly exploit their cultural origins. However, it seems that a focus on formal understatement, love for details, materials, repetition and symbolic content are very much appreciated and are featured in both artist's work. Each artist is walking a very personal path, but also through that, they are trying to create something universal.
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