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Show at Lorch+Seidel Contemporary presents several works made of mylar spirals suspended from the ceiling, curves glued on the wall, and rings. The mylar, or Polyethylene terephthalate, also called PET, used by Taguchi is aluminized by evaporating a thin film of metal onto it to reduce its permeability, which makes it reflective and opaque. The mylar reflects moving lights onto the wall, creating very fine patterns of luminescent strokes. The volatile shapes and abstract patterns explore the ethereal effects of light and reflection, and recreate the sublime we experience in nature.

Taguchi’s two main influences are the cherry blossom, an integral part of Japanese culture, and the stain glass of the Gothic cathedrals in Europe. Taguchi lived in Spain where she experimented with glass before using reflective materials like mylar. Having lived in Japan, I have experienced the cherry blossom, or Sakura season, and enjoyed their contemplation; the Hanami.

The Japanese go through that time surrounded by the Sakuras. In Ueno park, or along the Tokyo rivers, for instance, we are immersed in that bright universe. We look up and turn around, lifting up our cameras or mobile phones to immortalize the surrounding beauty. At night, the Sakuras are reflected on various surfaces like ponds by the moonlight. After the full blossom, the petals start falling and it is raining petals everywhere as they are blown away by the wind.

Both the Hanami and the gothic churches share the contemplation they generate. In Taguchi’s installation, we find ourselves contemplating almost in a religious way, as if we were in communion with nature. We let the environment absorb us, talk to us. We feel as if we were under water, or in space. Aquatic silvery elements, as if they were x-rays of fish, are passing by and surrounding us. The ephemeral and elemental shapes appearing on the walls have something both aquatic and celestial, like a moonlight reflected on water. The spirals suspended from the ceiling, are sewed by Taguchi twice; first with a sewing machine then again by hand. Their shapes evoke the infinite symbol; the infinite where they are taking us.

Kazue Taguchi (born in Japan in 1975) studied at Joshibi University of Art and Design in Kanagawa/JP, the Barcelona Fundació Centre del Vidre, and the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond/US, where she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2007. Works by Kazue Taguchi are found in major public collections (Musée mudac/Lausanne, Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcón/Madrid, Museo del Vidrio La Granja/Segovia), and have been exhibited in museums such as the Dusseldorf Glass Museum Hentrich and the Ebeltoft Glass Museum.
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Kazue Taguchi was born in Japan, but lives and works in Berlin. She received her M.F.A. with a concentration in glass in 2007 from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has also studied at the Barcelona Glass Foundation in Spain and Joshibi University of Art and Design in Tokyo. She has been a resident artist at The Studio, Pilchuck Glass School, Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Newark Museum, and Vermont Studio Center. Awards include, The Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan, a supporting award from the Jutta Cuny- Franz Foundation in Germany, Finalist of the Bombay Sapphire Prize Exhibition (London) Finalists of “Young Glass” Glass Museum Ebeltoft (Denmark). She has held solo exhibitions at Kunst Palast Museum-Glasmuseum Hentrich, Düsseldorf (2007), and the Alcorcon Glass Museum in Madrid, Spain (2008). She also did the stage set for “Centennial celebration for John Cage: Competing time and spaces” at the Kanagawa prefectural gallery in Yokohama, Japan (2011), and “Chaconne” at the Sophiensaele theater in Berlin, Germany (2011, 2012).
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Artista japonesa que actualmente reside en Paris, pero que ha sido alumna de la Fundacio Centre del vidre de Barcelona, donde acabo siendo docente del mismo centro durante varios años hasta que marcho a Estados Unidos donde hizo un doctorado y diversos masters en vidrio, tiene obra en diversos museos del mundo y ha hecho exposiciones por toda Europa, Japon y Estados unidos.
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アメリカ在住。1997年女子美術大学・芸術学部・絵画科版画コース卒業。2003年バルセロナガラスセンター現代ステンドグラス科、ステンドグラス修復科、ガラスデザイン科終了。 2007年バージニア・コモンウェルス大学大学院ガラス科卒業
(バージニア・リッチモンド）。