NEW CHELSEA ART TOUR Saturday Feb 2nd 3-5pm
Tatsuo Miyajima: Innumerable Life/Buddha. Numbers are at the heart of Miyajima’s practice. The artist explains that he uses numbers in art because they are an international language; digits transcend cultures. His numbers have danced on walls, in water, on the façades of buildings, in forests and in ponds, on skyscrapers, in gardens and courtyards, and on the faces and bodies of men and women. To Miyajima, technology is an instrument, and perhaps even an organism, that allows the expression of poetry and spirituality through light and movement.
We will see LED displays, with thousands of numbers counting down from nine to one at differing speeds, before going dark momentarily. These digits embody the human cycle and the eastern philosophy of change and renewal; each solitary, blinking diode signifying the individual body and soul. The counting sequence continues, as if everlasting, and yet ‘0’, implying death, is expressed solely by darkness. Through this allusion, the numbers – or ‘Life’ – are destined to an everlasting cycle of regeneration.
The colour of the new works: the radiant red of the installations denotes the blood of life, love, fire, passion, strength and joy, it is inspired by a legend told in the Lotus Sutra, recalling the teachings of Gautama Siddhartha, the spiritual teacher who founded Buddhism. Video of his work.
Art in the Boros group show in a building of many galleries - A vertical way of seeing art in Chelsea. This is a show of mid-career artists - my own, Cecilia André , artwork is included.I will highlight a few other pieces in the show.
Cost of tour $80 . Meeting place Petzel Gallery 456 W 18 st 3 pm Sat Feb 2nd paypal here
