January 23 – May 8, 2016
Hours: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm,
Wednesdays until 8:00 pm (except national holiday, last entry 30 minutes before
closing)
Closed: Mondays (except March 21),
March 22
The Hara Documents is an exhibition
series which introduces young up-and-coming artists. In this tenth installment,
we are proud to present Masaharu Sato: Tokyo Trace. Sato creates a unique kind
of animation by meticulously and precisely tracing actual video footage with a
software pen. The results of this time-consuming, seemingly pointless process
are sketch-like animations that diverge from reality in a unique and exciting
way. Sato perfected this method in his previous work Calling (2009-2010) which
drew much attention in Japan. This animation and his newest work Tokyo Trace
(2015-2016), which “follows” (i.e., “traces”) present-day Tokyo, comprise the
centerpieces of the exhibition.
Masaharu Sato
1973 Born in Oita, Japan in 1973.
Received an M.F.A. in painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1999. Studied
sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany from 2000 to 2002. Received
the Special Award at the 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art in 2009.
Held a solo exhibition at the Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa in 2013.
Participated in The 6th DANDANS at No Man’s Land, group exhibition at the
former building of French Embassy, Tokyo in 2010 and Duality of Existence –
Post Fukushima exhibition at Friedman Benda, New York in 2014. Sato currently
resides in Toride, Ibaraki prefecture.
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