Ultimate Beauty
Wed, Jan 25
|Tenri Cultural Institute
Kindly invited to the exhibition Ultimate Beauty, curated by Motoichi Adachi and Kyoko Sato. Artists: Takuya Sugiyama, Yuji Hamamura, Erika Harrsch, Eva Petric, and Johan Wahlstrom. Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at 6-8pm, Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A W 13th St, New York, NY 10011.
Time & Location
Jan 25, 2023, 8:00 PM – Feb 01, 2023, 3:00 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
About the Event
Ultimate Beauty - what it is? The curators based their approach on the words of American, New York based composer and music theorist John Cage (1912-1992), who said, "The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason." In my work as a curator, I’m not looking for the fame or prestige of the artists, but the way their work makes me feel. To put it simply, beauty comes down to whether or not it stirs my soul: it must evoke emotion. For the first exhibition of the series, I have chosen a simple and fundamental theme: ultimate beauty. How can we decide what beauty is, and what does it have to do with art, why it’s made, and the value we assign it? (Kyoko Sato) I am happy to share that…