Nerhol are an artist duo formed in 2007 by graphic designer Yoshihisa Tanaka (b. 1980) and sculptor Ryuta Iida (b. 1981). Their unique practice, which traverses both photography and sculpture in its investigations, received high praise both internationally and domestically early in their careers for portraiture that applied a sculptural sensibility to series of photographs, as well as for more recent work concerning naturalized plants and petrified wood. Following their large-scale solo show, Turning the leaves of horizons, at the Chiba City Museum of Art, and Seeding and Crows—Misreading Righteousness at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Nerhol have turned a reflective gaze to their artistic activities to date, and have declared their intention to begin a new chapter of artistic production. This exhibition, organized around their most recent work, illuminates Nerhol’s multilayered investigations and current context.
