tig exhibition 6/27

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Kyoko MURASE 2/14 - 3/13 2004 invisible birds 1/9 - 1/31 2004 Naoya Hatakeyama 11/21-12/20 2003 Yuki Kimura 10/3 - 11/1 2003 Erik Parker 9/2 - 9/27 2003 Study 8/1 - 8/27 2003 Thomas DEMAND 6/27 - 7/26 2003 Nobuyoshi ARAKI 5/23 - 6/21 2003 Naoto Kawahara 3/15 - 4/19 2003 Gallery Artists 1/31 - 3/1 2003	Thomas DEMAND 6/27 - 7/26, 2003	japanese
	Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to announce the debut solo exhibition in Japan of Berlin based artist Thomas Demand. Demand’s work has previously been exhibited in Japan as part of the exhibition Screen Memories held at the Art Tower Mito. Recent solo exhibitions include the Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Castello di Rivoli, SITE Santa Fe, The Carnegie International, Tate Gallery and De Appel. In June 2003, Demand will be participating in the Venice Biennial. Thomas Demand creates photographic works informed by his training as a sculptor. Each of his photographs consists of an image of a sculpture created for the purpose of being photographed. Constructed from paper and cardboard each sculpture eventually collapses leaving little trace of its existence beyond Demand’s photographic documentation. The original source material for Demand’s works are pre-existing mediated images ? images loaded with political, art historical and social significance. Despite the inherent richness of his source material, Demand’s photographs are insistently blank. This blankness is reinforced by the artist’s choice of generic titles and the lack in each photograph of a human presence. Demand’s upcoming exhibition with Taka Ishii Gallery will include four works: Bullion, Gangway, Kabine as well as the debut of Public Housing. Please contact the gallery for images and additional information.
	Thomas DEMAND 6/27 ～ 7/26, 2003 Contact : Jeffrey Ian Rosen / Nahoko Yamaguchi Taka Ishii Gallery 1-31-6 Shinkawa Chuo-ku Tokyo #104-0033, JAPAN tel: 81-(0)-5542-3615 fax: 81-(0)-3352-3363 e-mail:tig@takaishiigallery.com website: www.takaishiigallery.com	Bullion 2003 C- print / Diasec, 42 x 60cm Edition of 6
		Gangway 2001 C- print / Diasec, 220 x 180cm Edition of 6
		Kabine 2002 C- print / Diasec, 180 x 252cm Edition of 6
		Public Housing 2003 C- print / Diasec, 100 x 150cm Edition of 6
		click here to download press "2" to start the movie! (MacOS9 only) Thomas Demand Flare 2002 C- print / Diasec, 48.8 x 61 cm each (set of 28), Edition of 6