NCA | NICHIDO CONTEMPORARY ART
EXHIBITION
LUCAS BLALOCK
nca | nichido contemporary art is pleased to present Lucas Blalock’s first solo show in Japan. Born in 1978 in Asheville, North Carolina, the artist currently lives and works in New York. Blalock makes a point of showing the process behind his photographs, drawing influence from poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht, whose techniques call attention to the labor and mechanics of theatrical performance. The artist makes photographs with a large-format camera on film and then scans his images in order to digitally alter them. His awkward alterations breathe life into the images’ surreal and darkly comic imagery. Blalock likens this process to “an act of drawing, a way to try to understand the world through making a picture of it.” It is a means of investigating the limits and inherent contradictions of the medium of photography as well as its capacities of perception. This exhibition features a selection of pieces from the artist’s newest body of work.
VENUE
NCA | NICHIDO CONTEMPORARY ART
- D1
- Roppongi
The Module Roppongi #102
7-21-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tel. 81-(0)3-6384-5310
Opened in 2002, nca | nichido contemporary art is the contemporary branch of galerie nichido, the pioneering Ginza-based gallery established in 1928. Continuing its predecessor’s mission of promoting culture through innovative projects and exhibitions, nca features a program of up-and-coming Japanese and international artists. Since 2015 the gallery has expanded the scope of its program to actively promote Asia’s contemporary art scene.
