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Teppei Kaneuji: Plastic Barricade

Past exhibition
May 23 - July 3, 2019
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Installation view. Photo credit: Arturo Sanchez.
Overview
Teppei Kaneuji, Ghost in the Liquid Room (Make-up Shadow/Mobile) #S, 2019
Teppei Kaneuji, Ghost in the Liquid Room (Make-up Shadow/Mobile) #S, 2019

Jane Lombard Gallery is pleased to present, Plastic Barricade, an exhibition featuring new work by Kyoto-based artist, Teppei Kaneuji. Kaneuji investigates natural phenomena, history and mass consumption and his multidisciplinary practice incorporates sculpture, drawing, painting, and performance to explore themes of transformation. The exhibition highlights four distinctive bodies of work and marks the artist’s second solo show with the gallery. Plastic Barricade is on view from May 23 - July 3, 2019, with an opening reception taking place on May 23 from 6-8 pm.

Teppei Kaneuji takes an irreverent approach to sometimes challenging subject matter while  embracing playful methods of engagement with materiality: a process that reflects ideological conflicts between societal acceptance and social resistance. His dynamic recontextualizations are intended to examine the passage of time and environmental issues while suggesting critical analysis of consumerism.

A new large-scale installation from the HAKUCHIZU (White Map) series will be on view, a dioramic snow-covered landscape made of plastic toys, found objects, and everyday household items. The artist pours powder atop the structures and allows snow-like, poured formations to dust and “freeze” the materials in suspended animation, and Kaneuji’s architectural structures in this series have become increasingly elaborate over time.

Kaneuji references the visual language of Pop Art in his Mobiles series, swirling sculptures of isolated cosmetic advertisement imagery. The kinetic mobile cut-outs of glittery liquid shapes combine delight and precarity as they dance and twirl from the gallery walls and ceiling.  

The exhibition also features recent two-dimensional works from the ZONES series.Brilliant juxtapositions of form and material create an animated illusion of depth and movement when viewed from different angles. In his ZONES series, the artist explores formal techniques by flattening the linear space of the composition and intermingling reflective tape, painterly pops of color, geometric forms, and undulating, biomorphic shapes.

Throughout the Plastic Barricade exhibition Kaneuji demonstrates his ability to communicate themes that are simultaneously playful and menacing as he continually creates new meanings and visual associations for the viewer through unexpected combinations of disparate objects.

 

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Works
  • Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (Mountain) #1, 2019
    Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (Mountain) #1, 2019
  • Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (House) #2, 2019
    Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (House) #2, 2019
  • Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (House) #1, 2019
    Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (House) #1, 2019
  • Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (Airport) #1, 2019
    Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (Airport) #1, 2019
  • Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (House) #3, 2019
    Teppei Kaneuji, ZONES (House) #3, 2019
Press
  • Subverting the Superflat: Teppei Kaneuji’s Plastic Barricade at Jane Lombard Gallery

    Patti Jordan, Artfuse, June 14, 2019
  • Step Inside Teppei Kaneuji's "Plastic Barricade" Exhibition

    Keith Estiler, Hypebeast, May 29, 2019
  • Art On Display! Teppei Kaneuji’s “Plastic Barricade” Exhibition

    Shane Breen, StupidDope, May 23, 2019
  • Teppei Kaneuji's "Plastic Barricade" Exhibition Examines Mass Consumerism

    Charlie Zhang, Hypebeast, May 22, 2019

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