Necklace: Carrying Stones up the Mountain

Shimabuku

Necklace: Carrying Stones up the Mountain, 202170 x 105cmSign in to view price
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digital inkjet print on hahnemühle photo rag (308 g/m2), mounted on aluminium, framed + framed text necklace: carrying stones up the mountain 2021 kunisaki peninsula culture tourism promotion project mt. gion, kunisaki, oita the kunisaki peninsula, which protrudes into the sea like a parabolic antenna, has historically been a destination for a variety of cultures and objects arriving from all quarters. i thought of this as i carried stones from okinawa and setouchi across the sea, from hokkaido, and used them to create a circle on top of the mountain: a necklace dedicated to mt. gion. my hope is that as people come here, as people climb the mountain, the number of stones will grow and the necklace will flourish, becoming ever-living.Amanda Wilkinson
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This contemporary artwork features a large circular structure composed of various stones and rocks arranged in a repetitive pattern. The overall composition creates a striking visual contrast between the dark, jagged rocks and the smooth, light-colored gravel base. The symmetrical, circular design suggests a sense of balance and order, while the natural materials used evoke a connection to the surrounding environment. The artist's intention may have been to explore themes of harmony, cycles, and the relationship between natural and man-made elements within a carefully structured, minimalist installation. ...

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Shimabuku
Artist
Shimabuku
B.1969, Japanese

Born in 1969 in Kobe, Shimabuku is an artist who collects unusual encounters. When he was younger, he wanted to become a poet or tourist guide. Today he is an artist, producer and smuggler of stories, customs and myths which he observes and collects on his journeys. Taking on the role of a Candide-like figure, Shimabuku travels the world, interacts with strangers, and converses with nature, instigating moments of poetry, humor, and wonderment, but also creating bridges between the specificities of different cultures and localities (nowadays a relevant position, considering our global world as a made up of a multitude of localities). Each of his works (including videos, sculptural installations, performance documentations, and photography) tells the story of these improbable encounters across borders, species, and states of being. This artist experiments all kinds of interaction, pushing back the limits of the physics and the imaginary. ...

Amanda Wilkinson
Gallery
Amanda Wilkinson
London

Amanda Wilkinson opened her gallery in November 2017, having been a partner in Wilkinson Gallery, and brought with her the artists that she had worked with since 2003. Most of these internationally renowned artists had their first solo UK exhibition at the gallery: Joan Jonas and Shimabuku in 2004, Sung Hwan Kim in 2007, Jimmy DeSana in 2009, and Laurie Simmons in 2011. The program has also introduced younger artists such as Heman Chong, Phoebe Unwin, Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė all of whom have solo exhibitions in public institutions this year. Amanda Wilkinson is a trustee of the Derek Jarman Estate and is the sole gallery who represents the work. The program continues to highlight key historical artists who are little known to the wider art world, including Paolo Gioli, Ketty La Rocca and Margaret Raspé and will introduce new artists to the program in 2020 in keeping with the gallery’s experimental and cross-generational approach. The gallery has presented four Feature booths at ArtBasel in the past , featuring six artists from the program. Eight out of the twelve artists represented by the gallery had solo museum exhibitions in 2019/2020. ...