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usagiと_newyork is pleased to announce Growth, a three-person exhibition inspired by twentieth century philosopher Henry Bergson’s concept of creative evolution. In an inverse of Bergson’s teleological notion of evolution, Growth investigates the ways repetition, rhythm, and unpredictability of material drive artistic creativity. The title of the exhibition is a nod to ambivalence about material production in the age marked by unprecedented environmental pressures.
Exhibiting artists are Dan Lam, Jaz Harold, and Yunjung Kang ー three artists whose work is informed by organic forms and physicality of the human body. Initially unthreatening and inviting to touch, their work explores the themes of dualities of attraction/repulsion, nature/artifice, grotesque, perception of beauty, and sexuality.
Dan Lam holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally and featured by New American Paintings, Juxtapoz, ViceCreators, DesignBoom, Maake Magazine, CreativeBloom, and numerous other Internet and print publications.
Jaz Harold is a Tokyo-based artist, designer, and illustrator. Her work has been shown both nationally and internationally, including at the MF Gallery Genova, Destination Art Space, Spring/Break Art Show, and Hankyu Osaka. Jaz’s work has appeared in BeautifulDecay, Juztapoz, Nylon Japan, The Huffington Post, ArtNuveau, and ArtSlant.
Yunjung Kang holds an MFA degree in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Her work has been shown as solo, two-persons and group exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Seoul (S. Korea) etc. Her pieces are included in the collection of Lincoln Motor Company, Detroit COBO Center and Rossetti Architecture, Detroit, MI.
usagiと_newyork is an innovative mixed use space conceived and design by the celebrated Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. Combining art gallery space with a tea house and design shop, usagiと_newyork encourages visitors to spend time with and revisit the artwork.
