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For Immediate Release
Entr'acte
The Works of Taiga Chiba
October 12 - December 7, 2018
Exhibition has been
extended to December 21, 2018
Opening Reception | Friday,
October 12, 3 - 6pm
Meet the Artist | Taiga
Chiba will be in attendance
We are very
pleased to present the work of Vancouver
artist Taiga Chiba in his fourth
solo exhibition, Entr'acte,
at Art Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy
Ltd. As a globetrotting and bibulous
observer of the world, Chiba's work
has been shaped and influenced by his
extensive travels. Using serigraph printing,
Japanese brush and ink painting with natural
dyes, embroidery and drawing with pencil and
ballpoint pen, the mixed media work featured
in this exhibition has been especially
inspired by the artist's numerous trips to
India and Mexico.
The French word entr'acte means “between
acts” or an intermission at a theatrical
performance, such as a play or a ballet. In
Chiba's case, he refers to the small,
often comedic, performance in between acts
in Japanese Noh theatre that is completely
separate in narrative and emotional tone
than the more serious main play. Similar to
being between acts, the artist also
conceptualizes his creative process and
artwork in this series as being “between two
Mayas”, in which both are influenced by
Maya, the Hindu goddess of visions and
illusions, and the Maya civilization of
Mesoamerica.
As Chiba draws on these two “Mayas”
for inspiration via his observations,
experiences and imagination, this body of
work is still characteristic of his charm
and style – colourful, expressive and
playful with an earnest fascination and
celebration of the quotidian and the exotic.
These mixed media works have a
surrealist-like synthesis and juxtaposition
of disparate elements and they have a
synaesthetic quality that invokes the
sumptuous sights, sounds and smells of these
two great cultures.
Born in Shizuoka, Japan, Taiga Chiba
studied in Tokyo at Atelier Furan Art School
in Drawing and Colour Composition and at
Musashino Art University, earning a Bachelor
of Arts from the Plastic Arts program. In
1981, he immigrated to Canada and in 1986,
he completed a Master of Fine Arts in Studio
Arts at Concordia University in Montreal.
For over 30 years, Chiba has
exhibited extensively locally and
internationally, been the recipient of
several awards and grants, and has
participated in numerous artist residencies
around the world. His work can be found in
various public and private collections in
North America, Asia and Europe.
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