Artist unit Paramodel — aka Yusuke Nakano and Yasuhiko Hayashi — has a new show at the Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya entitled “The World According to Paramodel.”
Kyoto-based SNOW collaborator Bianca Beuttel covers the exhibition in her latest “Agenda” post:
The artist duo Paramodel (formed in 2001 by Yusuke Nakano and Yasuhiko Hayashi) has transformed the entire museum into a construction site — but none of these “parents keep children out” construction sites. On the contrary, the extensive installations assembled from blue plastic rails or gray PVC pipes, crawling up the walls, covering the ceiling, free of any function or purpose, fill us with a childlike joy. Taking up the fascination with the temporary, unfinished state of a construction site, where all is still open to our dreams and imagination, Paramodel’s constructions just don’t end, they continue endlessly. Their unrestricted creativity evolves not only in these installations, but also in the well known “tommy sushi” toy cars, paintings on wood boards (including those on ema, Shinto votive tablets) and even into the garden.
Paramodel is currently also showing at the Mori Yu Gallery in Kyoto, and some works can be purchased through the Azito online gallery.
Agenda: 19-25 July / feat. PARAMODEL [Design Inspirations from Kyoto]
