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Title	Stephen Dean 　Miniature TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-Residence Program Exhibition
Date	2008.4.12(Sat) - 2009.6.15(Mon)
Time	11:00 - 19:00
Admission	Free
Organize	Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Venue	TWS Shibuya
Artist	Stephen Dean

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In November 2006, Tokyo Wonder Site established facilities in Aoyama with the aim of facilitating work by artists-in-residence. The launch of a series of exhibitions at TWS Shibuya showcasing the fruits of this work in 2007 marked for Tokyo Wonder Site a further expansion of their activities as Tokyo's newest platform for the arts, encompassing the institution's three bases in Hongo, Shibuya and Aoyama. As part of this program, TWS chose Matthias Schaller and Stephen Dean, two young talents recommended by persons working at the forefront of the international art circus, to participate their Invited Artists Program, the results of which are now presented in a special exhibition.
Internationally renowned artist Vik Muniz recommended Stephen Dean, who pursues in symbolic renditions his studies of "mixing colors" as a core element of painting, while engaging in artistic work that encompasses video, painting and sculpture at the same time. His colorful video PULSE based on a week-long festival in a small Indian village, which received high praise at the Venice Biennale, is exhibited as a visual clip of reality rather than a documentary. During his stay in Tokyo, he shot footage of the bustle on the Tsukiji market and on Hachiko crossing in front of Shibuya station, filmed from a unique point of view. Next to these videos, this exhibition features some of his meteorological charts overpainted with water colors. These new works capture wide spaces, but in a way that makes them appear as tiny as pocket-sized miniature paintings.

Participating Creator

Stephen DEAN