Origami Exploration
Thursday, Sep 15, 20115 PM — Tuesday, Oct 18, 20113 AMEDT
| Fordham University 113 W 60th St, New York, NY 10023 New York, NY
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Origami Exploration The Center Gallery at Fordham University 113 W 60th Street at Columbus Avenue Organized by the Visual Arts Department Fordham University September 15 - October 17, 2011 Reception: Tuesday, September 20, 6 - 8 pm The Center Gallery at Fordham University is pleased to announce "ORIGAMI EXPLORATION", works by Yoshihara McKee Architects. The exhibition features objects and spatial constructions created from folding. Origami has long been associated with Japanese culture, but in this exhibition there are no folded birds, animals or insects, instead there are abstract mathematical artworks. The pieces are not the representation of things but instead express the beauty of mathematical concepts. Included are flat sheets folded into abstract landscapes that can once again be completely flattened, sculptural enclosures made from one rectangular sheet as well as art works created by repetitive patterns that can be expanded infinitely. Yoshihara McKee also explores the various possibilities of folding in architecture and design; enclosures, skins, and containers. This exhibition investigates the possibility of folding, but additionally it challenges western cultural concepts by asking whether such objects must be materially substantial, monumental and everlasting or can they be light, ephemeral, and transient?
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