Nerhol's Solo Exhibition | REVERBERATION
The Mass ではアーティストデュオ Nerhol(ネルホル)による新作展「REVERBERATION」を開催 致します。本展では近年 Nerhol の 2 人が継続的に取組んでいる帰化植物をテーマにしたシリーズを 中心とした新作を発表致します。
飯田竜太と田中義久の2人からなるNerholは、主に彫刻を行う飯田と、支持体となる紙や平面的構成に向き合う田中、両者の行為の融合によって作品を制作しています。 Nerholは特定のモチーフの連続写真を何枚も物理的に積み重ね、それを彫刻し、出来上がった1つの作品によってそこに内包される重層的な時間と瞬間を語ります。そこに込められた時間や歴史の層に対し作品化するという彼らの試みは、他に類を見ない新しい物理的な形態と視覚的な美意識を纏い作品としてアウトプットされてきました。
The naturalised plants that form the theme of Nerhol's work in this exhibition are plants that have been transported from their original native habitat to other regions due to various factors, including human activities, and have eventually become wild in these new areas. Contained within these plants is an existing history, something that transported them, or the human actions that created the cause and eect. It is these intrinsic concepts of time and history and the intervention and intertwining of various factors that are the underlying essential concepts of Nerhol's work. In all of Nerhol's works, the accumulation of time has been replaced by layers of paper, and through the sculpting of them, reveals the "something" contained within. Iida's physicality and Tanaka's thoughtfulness accompany the work, and the density of it has been heightened by their repeated acts of 'dialogue' that the two of them repeatedly engage in. For the two artists, the act of 'dialogue' is already an intrinsic part of their practice, and is in fact, at the very heart of it. The naturalised plants shown in this exhibition are part of an ongoing series that Nerhol has been working on for the past few years, and is a body of work that reminds us of the things we normally see without thinking, and provides us time to look again and reassess. Naturalised plants have historically survived on a completely dierent time scale from our own and are full of vitality and adaptability to their environment, proving they are both resilient and beautiful. Both a photograph and a sculpture. Both a moment and a history. Nerhol's work exists at the intersection of these elements and is full of questions and challenges, dealing with universal themes while constantly seeking new forms of expression. It is an act of approaching the essence of art itself. Nerhol's art is a form of dialogue that requires #lexibility, diversity and understanding of others; an important act within today’s society.







