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MEMENTO GARDEN |
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KOUKAN Gallery, 106A Alexandra Park Road, London N10 2AE UK |
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Tuesday, 16th September - Saturday, 3rd October 2009 |
| Private View |
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Thursday, 17th September 6.30pm - 8.30pm |
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Tuesday to Friday 11am - 5pm, Saturday 11am-3pm |
| Open garden |
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Tuesday, 29th September 2pm - 5pm Substracted Garden, Notting Hill
Viewing by appointment only Admission £3 |
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Friday, 25th September 3pm Theme "Memento for the garden" |
| Sponsorship |
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KOUKAN Gallery, JAPAN-UK150 event |
| Works |
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Streaming tears |
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Press Release download (738KB) |
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KOKAN gallery is pleased to present Art for the Garden by Japanese art gardener Takeshi Nagasaki (1970-) of N-tree, creator of many modern gardens over the last decade.
When making art for the garden Nagasaki wants to transpose the essence
of deep meditative thought into the beauty of natural form. The act is
not to create nature by sculpting but to preserve nature by casting. Using
materials such as bamboo, leaf, and stone, and changing their material
state into glass and bronze represents a kind of rebirth of the natural
elements, giving light and energy back to the garden.
These art objects also represent a kind of MEMENTO for the garden that contains profound sense of beauty. The symbolism method, which materialises the invisible realm of the memory is a strong influence in the Japanese garden embodying the spirit of Zen.
Nagasaki comments: "Seldom is the art set in my garden insistent.
Rather it is of things sweet and ambiguous, permeating the atmosphere and
becoming almost invisible. "
This exhibition develops the concept of garden installation using various
objects (waterspout, water basin, fountain stone, bonsai tree, photograph,
woodcut print) and encapsulates ideas (such as the consciousness of seeds
and tree roots) inspired by Nagasaki's work in the garden. Moreover, we
will explore memento for the garden with a program including discussion
and an open garden tour of recent projects.
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