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2 x 2 Solos: Taro
Hattori
Curated by Post
Brothers
March 8 - April 8, 2011
Reception: Thursday, March 10, 6 - 8 pm
Oakland, CA:
Pro Arts presents 2 x 2 Solos: Taro Hattori, curated
by Post Brothers, on view March 8 - April 8, 2011 at Pro Arts' gallery in
downtown Oakland.
Oakland-based artist Taro Hattori's immersive installations
deconstruct social systems that impose control. His current project at Pro Arts,
commissioned as part of the 2 x 2 Solos program, addresses themes of
confinement, labor and immigration through the construction of a series of
walled structures and their subsequent dismantling by day laborers.
The exhibition features structural remnants and video documentation of
the performance.
This project is a continuation of Hattori's ongoing
investigation into contradictory ideas that have found an untenable equilibrium
in society. By connecting psychological processes and
materials, the artist presents a stage on which relationships and affiliations
are
readdressed.
Taro Hattori is a Japanese-born installation artist based in Oakland,
CA. His work has been exhibited at numerous venues including Black Square
Gallery in Miami; Swarm Gallery, Oakland; Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole,
Poland; LMAN Gallery, Los Angeles; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San
Francisco; and Ssamzie Space, Seoul. He received his M.F.A in
Time Arts/Video from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BA in
Clinical Psychology from Sophia University, Tokyo. He is currently teaching at
Stanford University and California College of the Arts.
Post Brothers is a critical enterprise created by Matthew Post, an
independent curator and writer currently working in San Francisco, California.
Post has a Masters of Arts degree in Curatorial Practices from California
College of the Arts (2009) in San Francisco and a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree
from Emily Carr Institute (2006) in Vancouver,
Canada.
About 2 x 2
Solos
2 x 2 Solos is a series of solo exhibitions featuring new
work commissioned from four accomplished emerging artists based in the
Oakland/Bay Area. The program recognizes artistic excellence and supports the
freedom to create challenging and noncommercial work. It provides a platform for
cutting-edge, risk-taking art and situates artists in a critical contemporary
art context. Supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts,
California Arts Council, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 2 x
2 Solos engages multiple layers of the region's arts ecology by providing
institutional and monetary support for artists, curators, and writers in the
Oakland/Bay
Area.
About Pro Arts Pro Arts supports the arts within communities by
serving the ongoing needs of artists. This Oakland-based arts organization
provides critical access to contemporary art in the region and serves as a
regional hub for arts activities, independent curated exhibitions, advocacy, and
capacity-building artist services. Pro Arts' visual arts programming showcases
for the best new work made in the Oakland/Bay Area, including cutting-edge,
risk-taking contemporary art, and important works by artists representing
under-served populations and communities of color, and working artists. Pro Arts
provides fiscal sponsorship to artists and professional services matching
artists with community partners. Additionally, Pro Arts'
Youth Fellows program integrates arts education, exhibitions, arts training, and
youth development. Last year Pro Arts exhibited 690 artists
and produced 62 events drawing an annual audience of 72,000.
For
more information please contact: David Huff, Exhibitions Coordinator:
David@proartsgallery.org or
510.763.4361
Image: Taro Hattori, Exinclusivity, 2011, Courtesy
of the
artist
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