SECOND LAW

Reijiro Wada

13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle (entrance facing Regent's Park), London NW1 4QP

Organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

The Second Law of Thermodynamics holds that the universe is always tending towards disorder. Ultimately all structures disintegrate and no system can withstand the flow of time. This is the fundamental direction of nature. How then is it possible that life, as we know it, can give rise to things that are beautiful, sublime and have profound meaning for us?

How far does the glinting light of life reach in a chaotic cosmos?

Reijiro Wada responds to this question through the sculptural work he presents here, embodying ephemeral effects in concrete form. When the materials he uses are abandoned to heat, time and chance, the effects are unpredictable. He intervenes to fix moments in processes of such transformation, making visible the tension between entropy and emergence that inspires his artistic practice.

The building is covered by scaffolding due to exterior painting works until 31 August.
The exhibition remains open as usual.

Installation View