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  • Facebook Page Added

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    I’m very happy and moved that my new friend, Fernan Ozel, from Istanbul has put
    up a Facebook page for my work.  It’s really great that someone half across the
    planet reaches out to you and helps you out spreading the words about what you
    are doing.  Thank you so much Fernan!  I still remember shooting slides of my
    work and sending them out to be seen by galleries/curators.  We definitely live in
    a different world today.

    And if you are into Facebook, please join us!

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hiroyuki-Hamada-Art/115494428462671?ref=nfhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Hiroyuki-Hamada-Art/115494428462671?ref=nf

  • Art Chicago 2010

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    It’s been fun and exciting exchanging emails with people at Aureus Contemporary
    for the past weeks setting up details for Art Chicago.  It all started when I spotted
    really nice paintings by Karim Hamid at BOOOOOOOM.  I was taken by them
    enough to contact the artist to tell him how much I enjoyed.  Karim kindly invited
    me to come see them in person at one of the art fairs in NYC last month.  I checked
    out some of his latest pieces there and we enjoyed chatting.

    One of Karim's paintingsOne of Karim’s paintings

    Shortly after that, I got an email from the director of Aureus Contemporary,
    Andreas Kuefer, asking me to team up for Art Chicago next month.  So there we go.
    Aureus Contemporary will have a 850 sf booth and it’ll put emphasis on three
    artists, Karim Hamid, Sara Carter, and myself.  There will be six pieces of mine on
    view.  And you get to see more from Karim also.

    Here is some info about Art Chicago taken from its site:

     

     

     

     

     

    Art Chicago® 2010, the annual international fair of contemporary and modern art, brings
    together the world’s leading emerging and established galleries. Art Chicago offers
    curators, collectors, artists and art enthusiasts a comprehensive survey of current and
    historic work, from cutting-edge to modern masters in a wide variety of media including:
    painting, photography, drawings, prints, sculpture, video and special installations.

    Art Chicago 2010 will take place April 30 – May 3, with an Opening Preview on April 29

    artchicago2010

     



  • “My work in an art text book?”

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    A few years ago I had a great experience in working with people at the
    Swarthmore College, PA for their gallery show.  At the opening I met one of the
    art professors, Michael Cothren, who was working on a college art text book
    called “ART A Brief History”.  He was very generous in complimenting my work
    and I had a lot of fun talking to him.  A few weeks later, he emailed me saying that
    he was thinking about putting my work in the upcoming edition of the text book.
    Of course I didn’t have any problem with it…

    An image from the Swarthmore College show. The full photo set can be seen at "PHOTOS" at the main part of the site.An image from the Swarthmore College show. The full photo set can be seen at “PHOTOS” at the main part of the site.

    So I’ve been wondering if that will actually happen.  And last week, the book
    came in the mail.  In it, I do see a picture of my work and very nice descriptions of
    the work by professor Cothren.

    The page at AmazonAmazon‘s got it.

    The-page-

    It’s really exciting to reach out to people learning about art and to take
    a part in more fun in their lives.  As I wrote a few month ago, I myself
    got into art through community college education.

    Well, I know, it’s sort of weird and surreal.  Last time I felt like this
    was when my wife decided to go out with me ten years ago.  I was like,
    “wow, cute woman like that actually wants to be with me?”.  Good
    things do actually happen sometimes.

  • SCW Show Pictures Added

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    Images from Salomon Contemporary Warehouse exhibition (East Hampton, NY)
    which ran from Oct. 11 to Nov. 30, 2009, have been added to the site. The set has
    total of 28 images and it comes in two parts. To see them, go to
    the main part of the site and click “PHOTOS”. Hope you enjoy! Here are a few of
    them from the set. You can see bigger pictures at the site.

    #54

    #54

    #54 detail

    #54 detail

    #59

    #59

    #59

    #59

    #59

    #59

    #52 and #59

    #52 and #59

    #52

    #52

  • #62 and #68 are in

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    Two new pieces, #62 and #68, have been added to the site. Larger images with
    additional views can be seen at the main part of the site. Click “SCULPTURE” and
    look for #62 and #68 at the bottom list. Here are some images of #62.

    #62

    #62

    #62 detail

    #62 detail

    #62 detail

    #62 detail

    Here is a picture with a person for a size reference.

    Here is a picture with a person for a size reference.

    And here are some images of #68.

    #68

    #68

    #68 detail

    #68 detail

    #68 detail

    #68 detail

    #68-2009-5

  • Talk at Berkshire Community College

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    Working with the community college was a special event for me since I myself got
    into art when I was in a community college in a small town, Wheeling, West
    Virginia.  Three years after my father, who worked in the steel industry in Japan,
    took his family to the small town in the US, I met a community college teacher,
    Karl Jacobson.  As a foreign student struggling to get by the school assignments
    by basically looking up all the words, Mr. Jacobson’s skill in speaking through
    his drawings was just beyond magical.  Until then, I had no idea that some
    shapes and lines on a piece of paper could move people like music or books could.
    I was like a grown man with measles:  shaken up and helplessly driven away to
    pursue what I saw.  So having an exhibition and a talk at BCC was my way of
    giving back to where I got it.

     

    Guerrilla style posters reminded me that I was in for the job!

    Guerrilla style posters reminded me that I was in for the job!

    "TODAY! FORUM: 1PM <- K116" Yes, of course!

    "TODAY! FORUM: 1PM <- K116" Yes, I'm ready!

    On October 2nd, my wife and I drove up to Berkshires to meet the typical
    community college crowd at one of their art class rooms.  They were just as they
    were at my community college 20 years ago in another state 500 miles away;
    they were from all kinds of backgrounds, young and old.  I knew that some of them
    were there against their own will (sort of), just to get the school credit.  So I
    wanted to make it as painless and hopefully as fun and interesting as possible.
    Two most asked questions in the past talks had been “what are they made of?” and
    “how did you do that?”.  So I simply decided to tell them how I made the pieces:
    hands on, practical sorts of information.  I got 64 images of sculptures in progress
    that included the very first idea sketches and finished pieces with some detail shots;
    and I tried to follow the steps as I encouraged them to ask questions.

    The talk went really smooth.  People asked questions that totally complemented the
    content of the talk.  And nothing beats seeing people coming up to me totally excited
    about the work as I am:  letting me know that I did share something good with them.
    I am pretty sure Mr. Jacobson would have approved of the talk.

    Here is a picture of Karl Jacobson with one of his amazing paintings, “Musicians”.
    I still feel weird to think that he is not with us anymore.  He passed away early this
    year.  It was so sudden and totally unexpected to all.

    Karl Jacobson447

    He painted amazing pictures that changed my life completely.

  • Home Town Show

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    Ten years after moving to East Hampton, I am about to have my first solo
    show in the area.  My connection to East Hampton is merely coincidental.
    I invited myself over to live with my then girl friend (now my wife), a writer,
    Evan Harris, in 1999.  We met at one of the artist residencies (McDowell
    Colony) in 1998.  After the residency was over, Evan decided to move
    back to her home town, which was East Hampton, from New York City.
    I moved from Union City, New Jersey where I lived in one of the sweat
    shop buildings illegally (oh, the good old days…).

    Ten years can be a while.  We now live in a semi-country setting with
    two dogs and a vegetable garden.  We have produced two small children
    (five and three year old boys).  And we have made many friends in the
    area.  This is our home that I feel to belong.  So having a show here is a
    very special event.

    The show will be at Salomon Contemporary Warehouse.  The opening
    is on Sunday 11 October 2009, 4 to 7 PM.  The show will be up though
    Sunday 15 November.  The gallery is open Saturday and Sunday noon to 4 and
    by appointment.

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  • BCC show is up

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    The exhibition at Berkshire Community College is up.  I selected five pieces for
    the Koussevitzky Art Gallery which is a narrow, sort of a cave like space
    located next to the theater in the arts building.  The plan below shows the
    unusual space (sorry for the small fonts.  The whole space is about 10 x 33 feet
    or so).

    newgallery floor plan

    Before I actually getting to the gallery, I tried laying out the pieces in my head
    aided by the pictures and the plan supplied by the gallery.  When I got there, I
    was quite confident in hanging and I actually put the pieces right up where I
    planed in my head.  After the long day of driving and hanging the show, the
    gallery director, Benigna Chilla, generously treated me with her cooking (sauted
    shrimps and clams in creamy sauce with little accents with lemon and rosemary
    served over rice.  Yes, it was good.).  I got to hear her talk about organizing
    a show of Cuban artists among other intriguing stories.  It was very cool evening.

    Next day I went back to document the show and it was all too clear that the
    installation was not working too well.  I spent extra a few hours making sure that
    the flow among the pieces are well coordinated.  I wanted to have a solid feeling
    of the show defined by the characters of the pieces speaking in harmony.  After
    spending all morning struggling, I finally got it right.  It was one of the toughest
    show to hang, but at the end, it turned out as one of my favorites.

    Here are some of the images in smaller versions.  The complete photo set with larger
    photos will be added at the “PHOTOS” section of the main part of the site later.
    I hope you enjoy.

    #50 and #45

    #50 and #45

    #50

    #50

    #50

    #50

    #45

    #45

    #45 (front), #61, #51, #64 and #50

    #45 (front), #61, #51, #64 and #50

    #45 and #61

    #45 and #61

    #61, #51 and #64

    #61, #51 and #64

    #51 and #64

    #51 and #64

    #51

    #51

    #51(detail)

    #51(detail)

    #64

    #64

    #64 (detail)

    #64 (detail)

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  • FAWC show pictures added

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    Images from Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown,
    MA exhibition from this May/June have been added to the PHOTOS section.
    To see them, go to main part of my site, click PHOTOS at the top bar and look
    for “FAWC May 29-June 16, 2009”.  Here are some of them in smaller sizes.

    #45

    #45
    #45 detail

    #45 detail

    #55 and #61

    #55 and #61

    #55 and #61

    #55 and #61

    #55 (detail)

    #55 (detail)

    #55, #45 and #61

    #55, #45 and #61

  • Berkshire Community College show

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    My show in Pittsfield, MA opens next week.  According to a friend sculptor
    Paul Bowen who’s had a couple of shows there, the space is “small but quite
    elegant”.  I’m looking forward to installing the show Monday.  There will be
    five pieces in the show and I will do a slide talk on the last day of the show.
    Here are images on the show announcement.

    #64, 1997-08, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 28 1/2 diameter x 4 1/2 inches

    #64, 1997-08, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 28 1/2 diameter x 4 1/2 inches

    #61(detail), 2006-08, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 38 x 30 x 16 inches

    #61(detail), 2006-08, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 38 x 30 x 16 inches

    #61, 2006-08, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 38 x 30 x 16 inches #45, 2002-05, burlap, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 20 x 25 x 25 inches

    Left; #61, 2006-08, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 38 x 30 x 16 inches Right; #45, 2002-05, burlap, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 20 x 25 x 25 inches

    #51, 2005-08, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 36 x 21 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches

    #51, 2005-08, enamel, oil, plaster, tar and wax, 36 x 21 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches