11 Oct 2008 to 8 Nov 2008
Open: Tue-Sat/ 12:00-19:00
Opening reception: October 11, 18:00-20:00
Taka Ishii Gallery
1-3-2 5F Kiyosumi, Koto-ku
#135 0024
Tokyo
Japan
Asia
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Annette Kelm, Herbert Tobias Record Covers, 2008 c-print (mounted on aludibond), 3 parts (detail) Courtesy Taka Ishii Gallery and Johann K�nig, Berlin
October 11 - November 8, 2008 Opening reception: October 11, 18:00-20:00
In Kelm�s pictures there is no exaggeration, no symbolism, no secret. - Jens Asthoff
Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to announce our first solo exhibition with Annette Kelm from October 11 to November 8. The exhibition will feature a series of photographs depicting pre-fabricated houses in Germany as well as a number of new works. Kelm has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally. Her recent exhibitions (all 2008) include �Passengers‟, CCA Wattis, Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, Witte de With, Rotterdam, and �KW � Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. Kelm studied in Hamburg and presently lives and works in Berlin.
Kelm‟s images are typified by an intense visual clarity and appear deceptively simple at first glance. Her compositions depict forms that are immediately recognizable, and perfectly executed in their framing. At times Kelm‟s photographs give the impression of found images, extracted from the pages of a magazine spread or advertisement. Their focal point is overtly clear, but the cultural and historic relevance of the photographed subjects is not easily fathomed from the photographs themselves. Meaning never forces itself on us, but encryption or hidden meaning is absent in Kelm‟s imagery.
Kelm‟s latest exhibition proposes an investigative series of photographs which pursue different visual strategies and methods. The series featuring prefabricated houses examines historical prefab houses that came into fashion in Germany at the beginning of the twentieth century, photographed using a 4 x 5 large format camera. �These houses were on show and available for ordering at show-house or world exhibitions and international building shows,� says Kelm. Each house is isolated, almost sculptural and treated as an object in an unmelodramatic way. Her pictures lie somewhere in between documentation and staging, in which the question of seeing always takes precedence over that of knowing.
For further information, please contact: Taka Ishii Gallery press: Kyoko Nitta, exhibition: Jeffrey Ian Rosen 1-3-2-5F Kiyosumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0024 tel: 81-3-5646-6050 fax: 81-3-3642-3067 www.takaishiigallery.com e-mail: [email protected] Tue-Sat 12-19pm
TAKA ISHII GALLERY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008
The gallery will be exhibiting a selection of works examining the relationship between the Japanese historical avant garde movement Jikken Kobo / Experimental Workshop (1951-1957) and the work of younger artists represented by the gallery. The installation will include works by :
Special projects: Ei Arakawa in collaboration with curator Danniel Bauman will present a site specific performative installation.
DORELL.GHOTMEH.TANE / ARCHITECTS will present an installation for this exhibition relating to both works of the Experimental Workshop and other artists presented at the Frieze Art Fair.
We look forward to having a chance to visit with you at the fair.
Taka Ishii Gallery OCTOBER 16-19, STAND G7 http://www.friezeartfair.com/
