Zon Ito: The Strange Moves That We Make

Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to present “The Strange Moves That We Make”, a solo exhibition of works by Zon Ito, from September 16 to October 15. This will be his third exhibition and first in five years with Taka Ishii Gallery. The exhibition will feature approximately 10 works in various media.

“I stand up casually. See how I’ve stood up? I willed myself to stand up. I thought, I’ll stand up feeling like this. This is a type of emotional spirit. When I think about standing, four hundred and some muscles move simultaneously in unity to actualize the movement of standing up.”

“I don’t know why such a thing is possible, but nevertheless, I can certainly do it. There is no doubt about this as I experience it daily.”

- Kiyoshi Oka, Jōcho to Sōzō [emotional spirit and creation] (Tokyo: Kodansha, 2002) pp.31-32