Satoshi Hashimoto : Nation, Dice, Instruction Daiwa foundation Japan House（London） September 13 through October18, 2014 Admission free, Open from 9:30 am to 5 pm (closed on Saturday and Sunday) *Special Frieze opening: Saturday 18 October, 2014 (10am to 5pm) Private View: 6-8pm, 25 September 2014 Artist Talk: 6:30pm, 25 September 2014 Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace London NW1 4QP dajf.org.uk/event/nation-dice-instruction-private-view-and-artist-talk _ Aoyama | Meguro is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Satoshi Hashimoto (b.1977) “Nation, Dice, Instruction”, at Daiwa foundation Japan House, London. Artistic and creative, yet more similar to some sort of “accidents” thrust into everyday life, his acts put you in a position of something more than a viewer, beyond law and morality, by “interrogating you about your stance,” “oppressing you,” “breaking bounds,” “making a contract with you,” or “transferring ownership with you. With his events and exhibitions happening almost every month inside and outside Japan, such as “Arbitrary Decisions and Prejudices: I Divide the Audience” (The National Art Center Tokyo, 2012), “False Name” (“14 Evenings,” The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, 2012), “ I was Leonardo da Vinci. I sell my soul. I sell heaven”（2013, AOYAMA | MEGURO), “Photographer (Art Market, Photographer): Bodybuilder” (Art Fair Tokyo, 2014), “Fw:” (Galerie Omotesando,Tokyo, 2014), and so on, Hashimoto is one of the most “marked” artists today. The current exhibition ‘Nation, Dice, Instruction,’ includes Each Country Was Moved to the Next (2011-2013), a map in which all the world’s countries and territories are shifted by one position, in line with the concept, purchased from an anonymous third party, of “shifting everything one place”. Photograph by Photographer (Art Market, Photographer): Bodybuilder (2014) is an image of a heavyweight bodybuilder taking photos of an art fair, including a mirror in which he himself is reflected. The show includes other works such as Dice of the Flag and One in three people is Chinese or Indian. Every work has strong links to the ‘Nation’, ‘Dice’ and ‘Instruction’ of the title. For example, in Each Country Was Moved to the Next, the portrayal of the relationship between a country and its territory by moving the country next door is related to ‘Nation’, following the concept of an ‘anonymous third party’ is related to ‘Instruction’, and using a die to decide the new location is related to ‘Dice’. ‘Nation, Dice, Instruction,’, effectively conveys the meaning of Hashimoto’s activities, if each element of the title is taken as a symbol. “Instruction” symbolises an exchange of demands with others, including viewers, ‘Nation’ is a symbol of the political nature of that interaction, and ‘Dice’ is a symbol of the uncertain nature of the exchange.
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