May 1 – July 18, 2020
How do the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen look abstract? This is what the Mannheim based gallery Sebastian Fath Contemporary will be showing from March 6. Until April 11, objects by the Japanese artist Ken'ichiro Taniguchi will be on view, who has intensively studied the two sister cities for his exhibition.
With his works, Taniguchi, born in Saporo in 1976, translates two-dimensional forms into three dimensional sculptures in a technically complex process. The exhibition „Hecomi & City Study #42“ shows so-called Hecomi-works, which translated means crack or depression. In fact, Taniguchi's sculptures are based on signs of decay in urban space, such as cracks in asphalt or furrows in walls. In a first step, the artist traces the outlines of the crack and transfers this drawing onto a usually bright yellow PVC sheet, which is then cut out. In the second step, this static surface is transformed into a three-dimensional form: By dividing the surface and adding joints and hinges, the form is folded and layered. The result is a complex structure that can be moved.
For the exhibition at Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Taniguchi, who has lived and worked in Berlin for many years, has intensively studied Mannheim. Various Hecomi versions can be seen, based on cracks on the floor in front of the Christuskirche, built in Art Nouveau with neo-Baroque echoes, just a few meters away from the gallery. Taniguchi has also created a work of art whose basic form is based on the urban floor plans of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. The sculptures are accompanied by photographs that on the one hand document the creation process and on the other hand show the so-called fitting, the insertion of the still two-dimensional PVC surfaces into the cracks.
SHOWED WORKS
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - I Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - I](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/6_HF_ChristusKirche_I_1-(c5531796-5b01-11ea-a237-61522c77717a).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi City Diagramming for Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, Germany Ken'ichiro Taniguchi City Diagramming for Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, Germany](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Kenichiro_Taniguchi_Einzelteile_von_City_Study_for_Mannheim_and_Ludwigshafen_2020-(afc87eca-5b01-11ea-9a8d-f9a60ebf0c64).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi City Study for Mannheim and Ludwigshafen (1:27.000) Ken'ichiro Taniguchi City Study for Mannheim and Ludwigshafen (1:27.000)](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/CityStudyMannheim-(3c47f1b2-5e01-11ea-8c75-2b4188dc3526).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #1 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #1](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Christuskirche_-_II_Nr1-(f3c34754-5a52-11ea-8c3b-7596df44451c).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #2 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #2](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Christuskirche_II_Nr2-(01025fea-5a53-11ea-afde-576fa9c18bcb).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #3 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #3](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Christuskirche_II_Nr3-(0a95ebb2-5a53-11ea-85c5-affafea2d859).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Bildschirmfoto_20200229_um_15.45.59-(38672d1c-5b02-11ea-a37f-d3ea13f66ab0).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #4 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #4](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Christuskirche_II_Nr4-(167ecc64-5a53-11ea-af6e-fdfeea7a2ad1).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #5 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - II, #5](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Christuskirche_II_Nr5-(22b6529a-5a53-11ea-9e8c-e3dc0c930281).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - I, #1 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - I, #1](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/ChristusKirche_I-(5bad7d56-5e01-11ea-b1fe-e7615714acbb).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - I, Enlargement 1:2.5, #2 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany - I, Enlargement 1:2.5, #2](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/5_ChristusKirche_I_2-(e48b71ee-5b01-11ea-ad13-2302771ce993).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi City Study for Copenhagen, Denmark, #2 (1: 8000) Ken'ichiro Taniguchi City Study for Copenhagen, Denmark, #2 (1: 8000)](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Copen_2times-(8349fd76-5e01-11ea-9fb4-71973e96bbad).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois, USA #2 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois, USA #2](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Dekalb02-(9442786c-d48e-11e9-9092-931ca105caf3).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois, USA Ken'ichiro Taniguchi NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois, USA](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/DeCalb-(ac6def2a-5f0d-11ea-a268-4b24d0d6afbf).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Sant-Pere. 56, Barcelona, Spain, Part 2 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Sant-Pere. 56, Barcelona, Spain, Part 2](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Sant_Pere_56_Barcelona-(6315596A-C025-1004-8988-871068991234).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Hecomi Study in Portugal, Metro Station Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Hecomi Study in Portugal, Metro Station](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/4-(D5F8393A-7EC8-1004-8C79-871068991234).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Basedowstraße, Hamburg Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Basedowstraße, Hamburg](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Basedowstr-Ham-Nr1-(DEFAECEF-DB84-1004-B31C-871061331441).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Hecomi Study in The Netherlands #2, Foundation B.a.d, Tallingstraat 5 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Hecomi Study in The Netherlands #2, Foundation B.a.d, Tallingstraat 5](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/8-(D987E5BF-7EC8-1004-ABD5-871068991234).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Hotel Russ, 4th floof, Altelerivskava street 1, St. Petersburg, Russia #21 Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Hotel Russ, 4th floof, Altelerivskava street 1, St. Petersburg, Russia #21](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Bildschirmfoto_20170624_um_11.40.11-(2ed3703a-58c1-11e7-95a2-f3eddf066cbe).jpg)
![Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Hotel Russ, 4th floof, Altelerivskava street 1, St. Petersburg, Russia #21 (Kopie) (Kopie) Ken'ichiro Taniguchi Hotel Russ, 4th floof, Altelerivskava street 1, St. Petersburg, Russia #21 (Kopie) (Kopie)](/images/wwwartworkThumb-x1/Brunnenstr.10-Entrance-(6AA14FD1-C025-1004-A521-871068991234).jpg)