Location:
Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden
6616 Spring Valley Road
Dallas, Texas 75254
When: December 5, 2009
Starts at: 12:00 AM
Ends at: 12:00 AM
This is an all day event
Description:
Exhibition Reception: Friday, December 5, 2008, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Dallas artist Chaco Terada's contemporary imagery is inspired by the traditional Japanese disciplines of calligraphy and origami. The series title, The Universe of Each Moment, self describes Terada's devotion to experiencing the moment and being open to all that happens in the process of working, without goals in mind.
Terada describes her technique as follows. On a blank sheet of washi calligraphy paper, I make a stroke with the brush as an extension of my arm and hand done in one spontaneous movement. Not necessarily to compose words but to enjoy the feeling of being one with my tools – paper, brush, ink and my spirit. There is no right or wrong. Mistakes do not exist. All possibilities exist. The calligraphy on paper can be folded, not necessarily to create an origami form, but just to enjoy looking at the accidental intersection of strokes on the folded paper. Looking through the translucent folded paper at light adds another dimension to the experience of discovery. The lines cast shadows that pose for me. I click the shutter as the strokes are growing and moving – appearing and disappearing. I change the angle or the sun moves. They pose beautifully and are changing constantly. My photographs of origami and calligraphy are a dance of light, line, and the unexpected.
Chaco Terada started to practice calligraphy when she was four years old. Yhohei Terada, her father and a master calligrapher, carefully guided her in the learning process. Mr. Terada taught calligraphy and it's history at Toyama University in Japan. Chaco has led demonstrations and has taught calligraphy workshops at the Dallas Museum of Art, The Crow Asian Art Museum, Greenhill School, and Saint Mark's School of Texas among others.
