KOJI HATAKEYAMA with works on paper by Matthew Harris

KOJI HATAKEYAMA

With works on paper by Matthew Harris

7th December 2017 - 12th January 2018

Erskine, Hall & Coe is pleased to present Koji Hatakeyama & Matthew Harris, a new exhibition comprising 45 cast bronze lidded boxes by Hatakeyama and accompanying works on paper by Harris.

Work by Koji Hatakeyama Hatakeyama grew up in Takaoka, a city renowned for metal casting. He makes unpretentious cast bronze articles, particularly lidded boxes, which are not intended to necessarily be functional. He is more interested in the artistic worth of a piece, or as he has quoted, ‘every article I make should live.’  Many public collections have acquired Hatakeyama’s work, including the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo,  the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Harris, a British artist working with paper and cloth, has created a number of pictures which will be shown alongside Hatakeyama’s sculptures. Harris has exhibited widely throughout the UK, Europe, the USA and Japan.

A catalogue accompanying this exhibition will include an essay by Emma Crichton-Miller, which can be viewed on under 'catalogue'. 

Please note that the gallery will close on the 23rd of December 2017 for the Christmas holiday, and re-open on the 3rd of January 2018.

CATALOGUE

Koji Hatakeyama
Six Faces, 2017
Cast bronze, 23.3 x 13 x 12 cm
(KOH-0056)

Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 6pm. We will close for Christmas on Saturday 23rd of December, and re-open on Wednesday 3rd of January.

Matthew Harris
Bric-a-Brac, Variation X, 2017
Mixed media and beeswax on linen bound paper, 27.5 x 31 cm
(MH-0047)