Rika Noguchi

Men and Trees

Exhibition

VU - 580, côte d'Abraham, Québec

16 feb – 21 apr2019

Japanese artist Rika Noguchi’s project for VU is the result of two visits to Québec. She began her project by following the migratory paths of wild geese, where she met some arborists at work, ultimately leading her to produce the images now exhibited in the Espace américain. Presented in a luminous and limpid atmosphere that distorts the temporality of Noguchi’s images, the installation explores the fascinating world of arborists in a spirit of curiosity and poetry: humans blend into trees through strange dance-like rituals, while the trees themselves become one with the sky, in order to better escape from their urban surroundings.

This exhibition is presented in conjunction with Manif d’art 9 – La biennale de Québec.

Biography

Rika Noguchi was born in Saitama, Japan, in 1971. She completed her studies at the College of Art at Nihon University in 1994. A few of her solo exhibitions stand out, in particular those held at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, UK, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, Japan, the Mongin Art Center in Seoul, South Korea, and more recently the Izu Photo Museum in Shizuoka, Japan. Noguchi’s works have also been presented in group exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, the National Art Center in Tokyo, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the 55th Carnegie International, and the 21st Biennale of Sydney. After living in Berlin for 12 years, the artist now lives and works in Okinawa, Japan.

Collaboration

Vernissage

16 February 2019 20:00 - 22:00

The exhibition is presented in conjonction with Manif d’art 9 – La biennale de Québec, as part of SMALL BETWEEN THE STARS, LARGE AGAINST THE SKY, a series of exhibitions curated by Jonathan Watkins.

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