Large-scale, wall-mounted assemblages are displayed at Blum & Poe marking the fourth solo exhibition of Kishio Suga.Influenced by his reading of philosophy ranging from Jean Baudrillard, Gilles Deleuze, Kitarō Nishida, Keiji Nishitani, and Mahāyāna Buddhism, Kishio Suga’s installations are based on ideas derived from these. The artist creates assemblages from wood, branches, metal, rope, wire and various other materials into non-harmonious arrangements in order to expose the reality of “mono” (things/materials), and the “jōkyō” (situation) that binds them. The titles of his artworks are translations of Japanese neologisms that he methodically creates.In these recent works exhibited, Suga installs large-scale assemblages and continues to explore the act of establishing boundaries only to disrupt them. For example, his work “Scene of Elapsed Cause” (2017) illustrates a red triangle painted on a white ground that is interrupted by a horizontal plank that protrudes beyond the white perimeter thus conveying an act of displacement. Similar situations are incorporated in “Elements of Elapsing Cause” (2017) and “Latent Laterals — Cause of Marginal Parameters” (2017).This exhibition is on view through April 14, 2018, at Blum & Poe, 19 E. 66th Street New York, New York, 10065.For details please visit: https://www.blumandpoe.com/exhibitions/kishio-suga-2Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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