Exhibition
in Tokyo / Japan
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- Tyler Vlahovich: Untitled, oil on canvas, 119.4 x 81.3 cm, ©︎ Tyler Vlahovich
Tomio Koyama Gallery Tennoz is pleased to present the exhibition “Diagonal Waves” by Tyler Vlahovich, an artist of Chris Sharp Gallery. This will be the artist’s first solo show in Japan, and is held as part of the “Onsen Confidential” project.
Vlahovich produces abstract paintings on a variety of supports, ranging from canvas to irregularly shaped pieces of wood as well as found cardboard and paper. As a long-time dabbler in electronic music, he approaches picture making the way an improviser builds on a given motif, allowing it to flow and mutate as he elaborates and fixes it into form.
Vlahovich’s paintings are characterized by broad yellow circles and polygonal browns, greens, whites, oranges, and blues, all of which ambiguously fix and float in space.
For him, the application of paint is a means of conveying a particular atmosphere and mood, while the spatial composition of the paintings hint and shift context. This exhibition features two series of works, which the artist tentatively refers to as “Bag” and “Wave.”
The “Bag” series is a simple cartoon-like depiction of space, associated with the kind of paper bags that are used in grocery stores.
The “Wave” series depicts space as composed of a sequence of events, which the artist renders as a temporal wave transmission.
The surface of the works are at times unceremoniously scrubbed and jabbed to create a pleasingly, somewhat brutal, sensuous texture. The resulting abstraction is fluid, mutable, and harbors a subtle air of surprise.
The artist himself comments on exhibiting in Japan:
“Exhibiting my work in Japan dares my imagination. I’ve been a fan of Japanese art and aesthetics from afar for so long that I can’t even imagine my own work in it, even if just a little”.
Tyler Vlahovich was born in 1967 in Tacoma, Washington, and lives and works in Los Angeles. He has held exhibitions in numerous cities such as Los Angeles, Mexico City, Berlin, and Brussels.
Gallery hours 11 pm – 6 pm, closed Sun, Mon, National Holidays
Exhibition Duration 10.09. – 24.09.2022
Location:
Tomio Koyama Gallery Tennoz
Terrada Art Complex Ⅰ 4F, 1-33-10, Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku
140-0002 Tokyo
Japan
