Ian Kiaer
in Northern Alps Art Festival, Omachi, Japan
13 September – 4 November 2024
Ian Kiaer is included in the Northern Alps Art Festival, Omachi City, Japan, opening 13 September 2024. Located in foothills of surrounding mountains Kiaer’s monumental site-specific work ‘Saomi Project, Monochrome – Omachi’ responds to, and is situated in Fossa Magna, a sheltered forest next to the national treasure of Nishina Jinmeigu. Inspired by painter Soami, Kiaer merges monochrome ink and paper with the stillness of the forest, changing light, and the view of the Northern Alps, blurring the border between painting and nature.
This presentation, Kiaer’s first significant presentation in Asia, builds on his previous public sculpture ‘Endnote, Limb’ at Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris in 2020, and continues until 4 November 2024.