EX­hi­Bi­tion

PAUL WALLACH: DIVISIBLE

Born in 1960, Paris-based American artist Paul Wallach pursues a singular sculptural practice that moves fluently between the provisional intimacy of hand-worked wall pieces and the outdoor scale of public installations. To divide, for Wallach, is a way of deciding and, as much, a way of questioning. Each work begins with a cut, joint, or gap, and ends by holding together what it has divided. The process stays legible on the surface through additions, subtractions, and second attempts that are never sanded away. The new and recent works in this exhibition—Wallach’s first in Asia—unfold along three formal axes: reflection, expansion, and the grafting or mending of surfaces. They take on special resonance in Japan, where a visit to Kyoto some 45 years ago proved transformative for the artist.

FERGUS MCCAFFREY

Founded in 2006, Fergus McCaffrey is internationally recognized for its promotion of postwar and contemporary art from Japan, Europe, and the United States. The gallery runs a multifaceted program and represents 24 artists and estates worldwide.

Fergus McCaffrey has locations in Tokyo, New York, and St. Barth. The gallery opened its Tokyo outpost in March 2018 with a show of paintings by Robert Ryman and has since exhibited such artists as Matthew Barney, Jasper Johns, Shigeko Kubota, Carolee Schneemann, Richard Serra, Kazuo Shiraga, and Min Tanaka.