October 13, noon
Public Gallery Talk: Marilyn Zeitlin, Thomas Cohn and Oscar Oiwa
October 13, 6-8pm
Public Reception
GARDENING WITH OSCAR OIWA: New Paintings
This exhibition of Oscar Oiwa’s paintings, the first in a U.S. art museum, is another installment in the ASU Art Museum’s expanded initiatives for exhibiting and interpreting Latin-American art. Oiwa, a Brazilian artist of Japanese heritage, studied in Japan and the United Kingdom. He currently lives in New York.
With considerable technical expertise, Oiwa records the impact of globalization with beautiful paintings about cultural collision, environmental degradation, dehumanizing slums and violence through attrition. His vision portrays a world on the precarious edge of oblivion. Influences in his work come from Japanese art – both the byobu screen with multiple panels and contemporary manga, and from the West in varied forms, including Anselm Kiefer, Claude Monet and science fiction film.
About the Artist
Oscar Oiwa, a native of São Paulo, studied in Japan and London. In 2002 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, which took him to New York. The artist is represented by Thomas Cohn Gallery, São Paulo.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Marilyn A. Zeitlin, Gardening with Oscar Oiwa will be installed in the Arizona State University Art Museum’s Nelson Fine Arts Center location and will be the artist’s first U.S. museum solo exhibition.
Duration
Gardening with Oscar Oiwa: New Paintings (October 14, 2006 through February 17, 2007) is open at the ASU Art Museum:
Tuesday: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Support
Organized by the ASU Art Museum and made possible, in part, by the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation and the Friends of the ASU Art Museum. 2005-2006 curatorial research and development is made possible in part by in-kind sponsorship support from TAM Brazilian Airlines.
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