The Center Gallery at Fordham University is pleased to announce "ORIGAMI EXPLORATION", works by Yoshihara McKee Architects. The exhibition features objects and spatial constructions created from folding. 　

Origami has long been associated with Japanese culture, but in this exhibition there are no folded birds, animals or insects, instead there are abstract mathematical artworks. The pieces are not the representation of things but instead express the beauty of mathematical concepts.

Included are flat sheets folded into abstract landscapes that can once again be completely flattened, sculptural enclosures made from one rectangular sheet as well as art works created by repetitive patterns that can be expanded infinitely. Yoshihara McKee also explores the various possibilities of folding in architecture and design; enclosures, skins, and containers.

This exhibition investigates the possibility of folding, but additionally it challenges western cultural concepts by asking whether such objects must be materially substantial, monumental and everlasting or can they be light, ephemeral, and transient? 
The work of Yoshihara McKee Architects has received American Institute of Architecture awards and has been widely published. Their folded paper works have been exhibited at the Chelsea Hotel, the University of Monterrey and are represented in several private collections.

For more information on this show, please contact Professor Colin Cathcart AIA at c.cathcart@kisscathcart.com or (718) 737.2786
or contact the artists directly at info@yoshiharamckee.com or (212) 444.2726

The Center Gallery at Fordham University
113 W 60th Street at Columbus Avenue

Organized by the Visual Arts Department Fordham University

September 15 - October 17, 2011
Reception: Tuesday, September 20, 6 - 8 pm