Press Release 2020/12/10

Time Flows: Reflections by 5 Artists
Tomoki Imai, Tamotsu Kido, Lee Kit, Masaharu Sato, Tokihiro Sato
September 19 (Saturday), 2020 - January 11 (Monday/national holiday), 2021
2020 has been a year of much trepidation in face of uncontrollable world events. Amidst such turbulence, thisexhibition asks the question: Is it possible for us to perceive, much less remember the everyday phenomena andemotions that arise only to disappear on the outer edge of our consciousness? The act of noticing and recording isa common thread in the works of the five artists featured in this exhibition. These include the photography ofTomoki Imai, Tamotsu Kido and Tokihiro Sato, the animations of Masaharu Sato* and the installations of Lee Kit.*
With their divergent approaches and unique perceptions of time, these artists seek to capture the ever-changing flowof the world that surrounds them. Perhaps in their work, we may find clues that can help us better notice the detailsof 2020 with the chance of remembering them.
*Works by these artists will be taken from the Hara Museum Collection.

[Participating Artists and Their Works]
Tomoki Imai
Imai was born in 1974 in Hiroshima. In this exhibition, heintroduces selections from his series Semicircle Law (2013-), which heshot on various peaks within 30 km of the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Plant with the camera pointed it its direction,
including new works taken from the grounds of the Hara Museum.
Other works are from his earlier series, Mahiru (2001) and Light andGravity (2009). Together, they provide insight into the mind of theartist.

[2] Tamotsu Kido, Light and Tangerine, 2019
C-print ©Tamotsu Kido

[1] Tomoki Imai, Semicircle Law #42 2018.9.11 / 33km, 2020
26.9 x 37.4 cm C-print ©Tomoki Imai

Tamotsu Kido
Kido was born in 1974 in Mie. In his work, he seeks to capture the“sudden senselessness” that arises when things deviate from their
original roles within the mundane scenes of everyday life. In doingso, his aim is to throw light on the inherent strangeness of the actof seeing and being. Another focus is the structure of photographs
and compositions made with color and light which he pursues
through technical experimentation. In photographs taken at theHara Museum, he seeks to express a world of richness as anextension of everyday life.

Lee KitBorn in Hong Kong in 1978 and based in Taipei, Lee Kit
represented Hong Kong at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. With
painting, video and mundane objects as his materials, he actively
creates on-site art throughout the world. He often uses hisinteraction with the location as inspiration for works imbued with apoetic sensibility and social and political consciousness. This
exhibition features Flowers (2018, Hara Museum Collection), an
installation of both projected and natural lighting that creates afeeling of tranquility within the exhibition space.

[3] Lee Kit, Flowers, 2018 acrylic, emulsion paint, inkjet ink
and pencil on cardboard, projector light size varied©Lee Kit Photo: Shigeru Muto[4] Masaharu Sato, Tokyo Trace, 2015-2016 12-channel video
size varied ©Masaharu Sato

Masaharu Sato
Born in Oita in 1973, Sato pioneered a new kind ofanimation that involved the faithful tracing of live-action
images. Works from his series entitled Tokyo Trace (20152016, Hara Museum Collection) show scenes of a city
destined to host the Olympics in five years’ time. Sato, who
passed away in 2019, uses the subtle difference between his
traced animations and the original footage to create works
that straddles the divide between reality and fiction,providing viewers with an intriguingly new visual experience.

Tokihiro Sato
Sato was born in 1957 in Yamagata. Since the 1980s, he has
focused mainly on the themes of light, time, space, the humanbody and life. Sato is known for his Photo-Respiration series ofphotographs made using long exposures by which presence andmovement within a landscape are indicated solely by points oflight from a handheld penlight or mirror. Also included are newbreath-graphs made with a digital camera at the Hara Museum
which is scheduled to close at the end of this exhibition, and atHara Museum ARC which will continue as the sole venue.
[5] Tokihiro Sato, Photo-Respiration Harabi#1, 2020 pigment print©Tokihiro Sato

[Exhibition Details]
Title: Time Flows: Reflections by 5 Artists
Dates: September 19 (Saturday), 2020 - January 11 (Monday/national holiday), 2021
Venue/Organize by: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
4-7-25 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0001
Tel 03-3445-0651 Email info@haramuseum.or.jp Web https://www.haramuseum.or.jp
Supported by: Hara Museum Supporting Members
Participating artists: Tomoki Imai, Tamotsu Kido, Lee Kit, Masaharu Sato, Tokihiro Sato

A reservation is required in order to visit the museum. For details, please go to the museum website.
Closed: Mondays (except September 21, November 23 and January 11), September 23, November 24 and yearend/New Year holiday (December 28 – January 4).
Hours: Weekdays 11:00 – 16:00 Weekends & national holidays 11:00 – 17:00Admission: General 1,100 yen; Students 700 yen (high school and university) or 500 yen (elementary and juniorhigh); 550 yen for those over 70; Free for Hara Museum members and for students through high school every
Saturday during the school term; 100 yen discount per person for groups of 20 or more.
Directions to the museum: 5 minutes by taxi or 15 minutes on foot from JR Shinagawa Station (Takanawa exit);
or from the same station take the 反 No.96 bus, get off at the first stop (Gotenyama), and walk 3 minutes.
Related Event: Symposium September 20 (Sunday), 2020 Speakers: Tomoki Imai, Tamotsu Kido, Tokihiro Sato
Supported by: MRA Foundation*Please see the museum website for details.
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