LeBasse Projects continued its exhibition series at Hong Kong Times Square with submerged, a spectacular installation from Yoskay Yamamoto. The exhibition featured a series of Yamamoto’s sculptures in a range of scales and sizes: from tiny, hand-carved works up to a pair of 30-foot-tall interactive sculptures. Through this special exhibition, Yamamoto aimed to uplift people’s spirit through their experience with the installation.
Housed within one of the largest sculptures was a “wishing tree”: Yamamoto’s concept based on the traditional Japanese temples and shrines, where visitors left wishes and prayers for themselves and loved ones on multicolored notes designed by Yamamoto as “leaves.” In the process, visitors transformed the wishing tree over the course of the exhibit.
The exhibition continued into the atrium gallery, which included 25 new hand-carved wood sculptures, six new paintings, several additional large-scale sculptures, and an artist designed floor pattern – covering the ground in the gallery and outdoor areas.
Yoskay Yamamoto :: submerged
September 27 – October 31, 2013
