Tuesday 26 November 2019
6:00pm – 7:00pm

Artist Talk: Hiroe Saeki in conversation with Ito Ogawa

ドリンクレセプション 7:00pm – 8:00pm

13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle (entrance facing Regent's Park), London NW1 4QP

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Hiroe Saeki’s work inhabits a liminal zone on the edges of the perceivable: monochromatic explorations of the subject of beauty in nature, delicate drawings with a weightless quality, sparse compositions evoking traditional aesthetics. As in a photograph, the totality of the artwork and the detail are valued equally.

In this exhibition, she presents a new body of work with graphite and water. The powdered graphite travels through capillaries of water: settling where and when the water evaporates, to be absorbed by the land of paper. The resulting surfaces recall water-carved planetary landscapes.

Together with Ito Ogawa, the artist discussed her influences, her work and the exhibition Cosmogenesis.

Presentation by Hiroe Saeki Transcript of the Artist Talk - in Japanese Transcript of the Artist Talk - in English

A trailer for the exhibition can be found here:

Please note: the date of this event has been changed to Tuesday 26 November 2019, also at 6pm. The date was originally the Tuesday 14 January 2020, but was rescheduled due to logistical reasons. The Foundation apologises for any inconvenience caused.

A video of the seminar can be found here:

Listing image credits: Untitled, 2019, Pencil, bronze pigment, acrylic, watercolour and gold leaf on paper, 52x77cm © Hiroe Saeki

コントリビューターについて

Hiroe Saeki

Hiroe Saeki (b. 1978, Osaka) currently lives and works in Berlin. She has been featured in numerous survey shows to highlight artists/painters from Japan. Notable exhibitions include: Abstract and Empathy, Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo, 2019; Visions of Exchange: Mercedes-Benz Art Scope Award 2009-2017, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, 2018; It’s Our Permanent Collection!, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2016; DOMANI The Art of Tomorrow, The National Art Centre in Tokyo, 2016; Now Japan, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, 2013; The 242nd Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2010; Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art (curated by Midori Matsui), Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2009.

Saeki has been awarded a Grant for Overseas Study by Young Artists (POLA Art Foundation, 2014), Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2012), Artist-in-Residence in Berlin, with the support of the Daimler Foundation in Japan, Art Scope in 2010 and the VOCA Encouragement Prize in 2006.

Her works are held by The Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA), Wellington Management Company, Boston (USA), The UBS Art Collection, London (UK), The Daimler Art Collection (Germany), Deutsche Bank Art Collection (Germany), Miniature Museum (Netherlands), Swiss Re (Switzerland), Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS Ltd. (Israel), Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Japan), KKR Japan (Japan), Toyota Art Collection (Japan).

Ito Ogawa

Ito Ogawa is a novelist and essayist. Since her debut work The Restaurant of Love Regained (2008) which has been translated into English, Korean, Chinese, French, Spanish and Italian, she has published over 30 books and many translated versions have also been published in various countries. The Restaurant of Love Regained won the Bancarella Prize (Italy) in 2011 and the Eugenie Brazier Prize (France) in 2013, and was made into a film in 2010. Some of her works have also been made into NHK television drama series and radio programmes. Tsubaki Stationery Store and its sequel, Kirakira Republic have been nominated for the grand prize award organized by bookshops throughout Japan. Ogawa‘s latest book is The Sweets of Lions. She has also published two lifestyle books.