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KOOSUKE
IKEDA
IRKT [I-RU-KU-TO]
KOOSUKE IKEDA WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA
AND RAISED AROUND THE WORLD IN SEVERAL CITIES INCLUDING LONDON (UK),
TOKYO (JAPAN), NANCY AND PARIS (FRANCE), HE RESIDES AND WORKS IN NEW
YORK CITY (USA) SINCE 2004
IN JUNE 2007, HE FOUNDED "IRKT" WHICH IS HIS CONCEPTUAL
DESIGN FOR HIS ARTISTRY, LOGO AND PROJECT NAME TO PURSUE HIS CREATIONS.
IRKT [I-RU-KU-TO][INDIVIDUAL
RELATIVE K(C)ONTRADICTION THEORY]
MY INTREST ARIES OUT OF THE DESIRE
TO PURSUE THE CONCEPT OF THE "SELF", EXPOSING THE CONTRADICITONS
WHICH EXSIST INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
IN RECOGNIZING ANEW THE ACTUALITY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL, THE RELATIONSHIP
OF THE SELF TO OTHERS IS NOT ONE THAT EXISTS CLEARLY BETWEEN
RELATIVE MERITS. IT IS, RATHER, ONE OF EQUIVALENCY AND EQUALITY, AND
ALSO OF BEING CONSISTENTLY RELATIVE. THIS, HOWEVER, IS NOT TO
SUGGEST THAT THIS CONCEPT RESULTS IN A SEEMINGLY PERFECT RELATIONSHIP.
THERE ARE ALWAYS TIMES WHEN ONE CONFRONTS CONFLICTS WHICH ARISE EITHER
FROM EXTERNALLY OR INTERNALLY DERIVED DILEMMAS.
AS LONG AS IT IS THE INDIVIDUAL OR "SELF" WHICH IS TO BE CONSIDERED,
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT IS BEHIND THIS
DISCORD.
THERE IS A MOMENT IN WHICH TO ABSORB THE MATTER AS IT SEEMS TO BE,
AND ONE IN WHICH TO SHIFT IT INTO THE CATEGORY OF "CONTRADICTION"
WHERE IT CAN TAKE THE FORM OF RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING OR EVEN CARELESS
REGARD FOR CONSEQUENCES. ELEMENTS SUCH AS ONE'S CONCEPT OF IDENTITY,
INDIVIDUALITY, ORIGINALITY, TOGETHER WITH DESIRE, VALUE, ATTITUDE, EXPECTATION,
PRIDE, ETC, HAVE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES, EACH SERVING
AS
A FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCK OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S CHARACTER. THIS IS THE "RELATIVITY" THAT
EXISTS WITHIN THE "SELF".
THE CONCEPT OF "CONTRADICTION" POSSESSES CONSIDERABLE ENERGY AND EXISTS
BETWEEN EACH OF THESE RELATIVE ELEMENTS. FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE,
I AM INTERESTED IN DESCOVERING AND EXPOSING THE INDIVIDUAL OR "SELF" THAT
LIES BEYOND THESE VARIOUS CONTRADICTIONS, AND TO ASCERTAIN PIECE BY PIECE
ELEMENTS THAT DEFINE ONE'S RAISON D'ETRE.
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2006/5/21-7/5
TEA LOUNGE BROOKLYN, NY
IRKTISM
SOLO EXHIBITION 2010/5/22-5/23 LIC STUDIO LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
IRKTISM
2010/4/27-6/30
SUBDIVISION LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
IRKTISM SOLO EXHIBITION
2010/1/1-
DUNE LIVING SOHO, NY
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
2009/6/15-
DUNE LIVING SOHO, NY
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
2009/3/5-3/29 F.U.E.L.COLLECTION KOOSUKE IKEDA
AND DOUGLAS KINSEY
CREATED BY JENNIFER YARON PHILADELPHIA, PA
2009/2-3/24 LIC STUDIO LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
IRKT [INDIVIDUAL RWLATIVE K(C)ONTRADICTION THEORY] PROJECT
2008/10-11/30 LIC STUDIO LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
IRKT [INDIVIDUAL RWLATIVE K(C)ONTRADICTION THEORY] PROJECT
2007/6-6/31 LIC STUDIO LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
IRKT [INDIVIDUAL RWLATIVE K(C)ONTRADICTION THEORY] PROJECT
2007/4/1-4/19 Fuel COLLECTION PHILADELPHIA, PA
GROUP EXHIBITION MEMENTO-MORI
2007/4/15-6/1 MIDOMA UPPER EASTSIDE, NY
INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE K(C)ONTRADICTION THEORY NO.3
SOLO EXHIBITION
2006/6/29-7/26 TEA LOUNGE BROOKLYN, NY
INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE K(C)ONTRADICTION THEORY NO.2
SOLO EXHIBITION
2006/4/15 MARION (FASHION SHOW) SOHO, NY
IN CORPORATION FOR A FASHION DESIGNER "MAGDALENA MARCENARO"
URBEN COUTURE COLLABORATION
2003/16/3-23/3 GALLERY ONO GINZA KYOBASHI, TOKYO
EXPO KO INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE K(C)ONTRADICTION THEORY
SOLO EXHIBITON
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