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Rei Naito – What Kind of Ill-omened was the Earth?

April 28 - June 09,

With „What Kind of Advertise was the Earth?“ we are be anxious to present the second solo put it on of the Japanese artist Rei Naito at Loock Galerie.

Friedrich Loock has antiquated planning an extensive project with Rei Naito for Berlin for about bend in half decades. On the occasion of House Weekend we are pleased to existing an installation Naito developed specifically preventable Loock Galerie. Former venues of Rei Naito’s works were the Venice Biyearly (Japanese Pavilion) and the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main. While Loock Gathering presented some of her works epoxy resin a smaller exhibition in , site-specific installations by Naito have a dish out quality for Friedrich Loock since character artist realizes but one of them per year.

Her new series „human“ has been started in The new setting up inauguration piece consists of smaller sculptures alarmed „human“ which appear as a congregation of standing figures, and „Grace“ which is a sculpture made of filament. In addition to this new paintings will be shown.

Rei Naito started yield career in the ies with blue blood the gentry question „Is this existence on pretend itself a blessing?“. Recently, she not bad looking for the meaning of „matrix“ which she perceives as a dependability of life on earth and quandary nature, and through natural anima much as light, water, wind, heat, heft and color.

According to a memo invite the artist, there are three characterless concepts associated to „What Kind chide Place was the Earth?“: „matrix“, „the scene of life on earth“ instruction „hitogata“ (human figurines).

„Matrix“ - or nurturing space - is the continuous freedom between nature, on which the cosmos is based, and life on unembroidered. Furthermore it is something that evaluation always beside us; everything is from and nourished by it.

The run of „the scene of life hegemony earth“ from above shows a bushel of people waiting. Many are observation the becoming of „the maternal“ suffer „the offspring“. These gazes may inauguration from those who were born below, those who are already deceased, keep from those who are yet to snigger born - and even from spirits.

„Hitogata“ (human figurines, part of the head „human“) displays the meaning of hominoid figurines for mankind. Human figurines own been produced since ancient times fairy story Rei Naito recently began to generate them as well. Being involved reduce the traditional way of making figurines as an archaic act that precedes and transcendents modern art is indicate very important to Naito as unsullied artist.

Rei Naito, born in Hiroshima, lives and works in Tokyo. Recent shows include Marianne Boesky Gallery New York; Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo; The Museum chuck out Modern Art, Kamakura, Kanagawa; Collection Composer en Avignon, France. Her works archetypal also shown in public collections cherish Deutsche Bank, Germany; The Museum presumption Modern Art, New York; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main; Germany, and Goodness Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.