The work of Taro Shinoda often engages themes of science, adaptation and desire. During a three-month residency in Los Angeles, Shinoda constructed a trailer based on an engawa, the traditional viewing platform that separates architecture, or the domestic space, from the garden, or enchanted space. A man-made attempt to represent the universe through an ideal landscape, the traditional Japanese garden is a recurring theme in Shinoda’s work. By taking his mobile engawa into the landscape of the American West, the artist considers how the landscape might direct man’s relationship to nature in the future. For Buried Treasure, the artist presents the mobile engawa as a place for visitors to sit and meditate on their place in the universe. A catalogue featuring writing by Mori Art Museum Curator Mami Kataoka and REDCAT Gallery Director and Curator Eungie Joo will be available in March.

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This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of the American Center Foundation, Eve Steele and Peter Gelles, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, Shiseido Co., Ltd., The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and Discover Signs. The artist’s Los Angeles residency is funded by the Asian Cultural Council.

 

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