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In his new body of work, Masaya Chiba is focused on the nature of objects that “fall silent the moment we try to make them speak”. Even though objects certainly and forcefully address us, when we turn around and attempt to respond to their conversation, they quickly recede and become silent again. We are surrounded by countless such things. Their multitude is not something to be quantified in powers of ten, but simply acknowledged as “many”.
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Masaya Chiba (b. 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan) has had recent exhibitions at ShugoArts, Tokyo; Keijiban, Ishikawa; The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland; Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori; Simone Subal Gallery, New York City; Bel Ami, Los Angeles; Nonaka-Hill, Los Angeles; and Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo. His works are included in the permanent collections of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; National Museum of...More
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In his new body of work, Masaya Chiba is focused on the nature of objects that “fall silent the moment we try to make them speak”. Even though objects certainly and forcefully address us, when we turn around and attempt to respond to their conversation, they quickly recede and become silent again. We are surrounded by countless such things. Their multitude is not something to be quantified in powers of ten, but simply acknowledged as “many”.
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Masaya Chiba (b. 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan) has had recent exhibitions at ShugoArts, Tokyo; Keijiban, Ishikawa; The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland; Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori; Simone Subal Gallery, New York City; Bel Ami, Los Angeles; Nonaka-Hill, Los Angeles; and Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo. His works are included in the permanent collections of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; National Museum of...More
