YASUAKI ONISHI HAND SIGNED REVERSE OF VOLUME RG RICE GALLERY PICTURE BOOK + DVD

FOR AUCTION IS A HAND SIGNED COPY OF YASUAKI ONISHI REVERVE OF VOLUME BOOK WITH THE FOLLOWING: HAND SIGNED BY YASUAKI ONISHI IN BLACK SHARPIE IN LAS VEGAS ON 10/3/2019 2 TICKET STUBS TO PERMEATING LANDSCAPES ADMISSION AT THE BELLAGIO GALLERY OF FINE ART IN LAS VEGAS, NV BELLAGIO INSERT ABOUIT THE EXHIBIT THAT RAN FROM AUG. 12, 2019- OCT. 27, 2019 IN BACK OF BOOK IS A DVD COPY AS WELL OF THE PHOTOS AND BOOK About the book: In his installation, reverse of volume RG, Yasuaki Onishi uses the simplest materials — plastic sheeting and black hot glue — to create a monumental, mountainous form that appears to float in space. The process that he calls “casting the invisible” involves draping the plastic sheeting over stacked cardboard boxes, which are then removed to leave only their impressions. This process of “reversing” sculpture is Onishi’s meditation on the nature of the negative space, or void, left behind. Onishi wanted to create an installation that would change as visitors approached and viewed it from outside of the glass wall to inside the gallery space. Seen through the glass, the undulating, exterior surface and dense layers of vertical black strands are primarily visible. At first glance, standing in the center of the gallery’s foyer, it appears to be a suspended, glowing mass whose exact depth is difficult to perceive. Upon entering the gallery and walking along the left or the right side, the installation transforms into an airy opening that can be entered.