» Introduction:

Suga is one of the artists of Mono-ha, a movement that swept the Japanese art world during the end of 1960s and 1970s. After studying with Giju Saito at Tama Art University, Suga began using various methods to combine wood, stone, metal, and glass, and deployed these combinations in exhibition spaces.
We can perceive a piece of wood on many levels – from its surface to its cross section, from the whole to only a part, from its silhouette to its cellular makeup. In some sense, the wood doesn’t even exist until we perceive it. In a single stone pulses the logic of countless stones. A cosmos dwells within every piece of matter. Suga draws out these hidden currents and unites them, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict, and opens up a light, free-flowing channel within the space. With a consistent focus on our surroundings, Suga brushes aside our constant search for symbolic meaning in the things we see and conjures unfamiliar relationships between things. Via everyday stuff, he raises the curtain on a new world, and in liberating us from usual habits of thought, gives us a fresh set of eyes.

» Concept:

On two gallery floors, we will present an entire body of Suga’s new works, made between 2007 and 2008.The most prominent feature of this exhibition is the artist’s deliberate use of color. Through expanses of vivid color interrupted by painterly depressions, created with a grinder, on large wood panels, his new Complexification series radiates tension. Including sculpture and drawing, nearly twenty new works will be on display.
We urge you to take this opportunity to see the fruits of Suga’s recent experiments.