MISA SHIN GALLERY
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
JAEEUN CHOI
Born in 1953 in Seoul, Jaeeun Choi moved to Japan in 1976 to study at the Sogetsu school of avant-garde ikebana flower arrangement under Hiroshi Teshigahara. She soon went on to forge her own approach to the discipline using soil along with plants, reflecting a holistic consciousness of the wider contexts of nature and time that continues to inform her practice today. This is apparent in Choi’s employment of delicate materials, such as century-old aged paper and pressed flowers, to explore themes of time, nature, and existence. Her sweeping, cosmic vision can also be seen in sprawling installations, such as the thousands of pieces of dead coral from Okinawa that she presented in a recent solo exhibition at Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum. This exhibition will feature new photographs and sculptural installations by Choi.
VENUE
VENUE
MISA SHIN GALLERY
- C13
- Hiroo
Misa Shin Gallery opened in 2010 in Shirokane, a central and historically industrial area of Tokyo that still contained small factories at the time. In 2018 the gallery relocated to Minami-Azabu, a quiet residential neighborhood that is also home to many embassies. The gallery represents a multigenerational roster of Japanese and international artists, many of whom work with conceptual and interdisciplinary approaches. The gallery seeks to both present exhibitions of cutting-edge work and establish the historical significance of its artists. In particular, the gallery’s representation of Japanese conceptual artists from the 1960s and ’70s has made lasting contributions to the global understanding and appreciation of postwar Japanese art.
