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Hiraki Sawa – Sculpting in Time: In Conversation

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Hiraki Sawa, Lineament, 2012. Video still. Courtesy the artist and James Cohan Gallery, New York

In May of 2012, London based Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa was invited for the artist-in-residence at The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto. During his stay, M-KOS attended his talk and met him at his studio at AGO. A few audio notes were recorded in the course of our visits, and from these the following texts were gathered, to encapsulate some of the highlight of this exchange, which trace his artistic journey from early work to the more recent “Lineament” (2012), currently on view at James Cohan Gallery in New York (through 27 April)
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Hiraki Sawa “Figment” at James Cohan Gallery, New York

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Hiraki Sawa, Lineament, 2012. Video still. Courtesy the artist and James Cohan Gallery, New York

Hiraki Sawa
Figment
22 March – 27 April 2013
at James Cohan Gallery, New York

Lineament (2012), the central installation, is an immersive video and sound piece originally commissioned by the Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo. This work is a continuation of Figment, a larger project initiated in 2009, from which this exhibition takes its name. Figment so far comprises three ambitious and increasingly surreal videos about the phenomenon of amnesia. The series takes its inspiration from, and is an ongoing means of processing, the sudden-onset and complete memory loss of one of the artist’s friends.
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Review: Hiraki Sawa “O“

Currently on view: New York
James Cohan Gallery
533 West 26th Street New York NY 10001
17 February – 26 March 2011

caption= “O, 2009 (installation view, 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art) dimensions variable, ©Courtesy of the artist

James Cohan’s New York gallery is currently showing works by Hiraki Sawa, a solo exhibition appropriately entitled “O” (notice the italisation), which gives us an accurate indication of the topic and format of the work therein, mostly all round, turning or in a state of flux.

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