Islamic Work 2011-12
Third and final part of Ephemera & Culture: Italy, Turkey, Japan—a Trilogy.
Part one, ITALY (west), was started at the American Academy in Rome in 2003 and exhibited in New York. Part two, JAPAN (east), began in Kyoto while on a Fulbright there and was exhibited in New York and Antwerp. Part three, TURKEY (east/west gateway), the Islamic section, began in Istanbul and continued with a more recent research trip to Andalusia during my AIR Antwerpen residency.
Margaelef & Gipponi Contemporary Art Antwerp
New Japan Work (Kyoto) 2009
This is the second exhibit and further development of the Japan Work, part two in a long-term symmetrical body of work called: Ephemera & Culture: Italy, Turkey, art one, ITALY (west), was started at the American Academy in Rome in 2003 and exhibited in New York. Part two, JAPAN (east), began in Kyoto while on a Specialist Fulbright there and was exhibited both in New York (see “Traverse” at Kumukumu) and Antwerp. Part three, TURKEY (east/west gateway), the Islamic section, began in Istanbul and continued with a more recent research trip to Andalusia during my AIR Antwerpen residency.
KUMUKUMU New York
Traverse 2008
“Using Styrofoam, fluorescent bursts, plastic shopping bags and other commercial ephemera, Wester creates bright, sprawling installations that traverse the traditional bounds of authorship, place and culture. A traveler by nature, Wester’s aesthetic draws on his experiences in Rome, New York and, most recently, his Fulbright Fellowship Kyoto University of Art in Japan. Wester integrates and re-contextualizes older work within new compositions, thereby dissolving the concept of the discreet art object and blurring the line between past and present. The work is in constant flux—bursting, airy, subtle, and compositionally rigorous.”
This is the first exhibit of the Japan Work, part two in a long-term symmetrical body of work called: Ephemera & Culture: Italy, Turkey, Japan—a Trilogy.
Part one, ITALY (west), was started at the American Academy in Rome in 2003 and exhibited in New York. Part two, JAPAN (east), began in Kyoto while on a Specialist Fulbright there and was exhibited both in New York and Antwerp. Part three, TURKEY (east/west gateway), the Islamic section, began in Istanbul and continued with a more recent research trip to Andalusia during my AIR Antwerpen residency.
Selby Gallery Sarasota FL
“Shirakawa”
A variant of the Japan Work that directly represents time spent in Kyoto. Materials include chop sticks, sushi paper, cardboard tubes, paper-thin wood, paint, digital print, plastic, water, LED light fixture, folding table. Japan is the second part in a long-term symmetrical body of work called: Ephemera & Culture: Italy, Turkey, Japan—a Trilogy.
Part one, ITALY (west), was started at the American Academy in Rome in 2003 and exhibited in New York. Part two, JAPAN (east), began in Kyoto while on a Specialist Fulbright there and was exhibited both in New York and Antwerp. Part three, TURKEY (east/west gateway), the Islamic section, began in Istanbul and continued with a more recent research trip to Andalusia during my AIR Antwerpen residency.
Visiting Artist American Academy in Rome / Bruno Marina Gallery New York
The Italy Work (Rome) 2004
“Italy” was the beginning of a long-term symmetrical body of work called: Ephemera & Culture: Italy, Turkey, Japan—a Trilogy.
Part one, ITALY (west), was started at the American Academy in Rome in 2003 and exhibited in New York. Part two, JAPAN (east), began in Kyoto while on a Specialist Fulbright there and was exhibited both in New York and Antwerp. Part three, TURKEY (east/west gateway), the Islamic section, began in Istanbul and continued with a more recent research trip to Andalusia during my AIR Antwerpen residency.
