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Body & Self


The Camouflage Called the Self— The Performance of Existence, and Leigh Bowery as a Mirror (リー・バウリー)
The body itself is art. The spirit resonates with the flesh, glowing as it radiates outward into the world. Leigh Bowery was a being who...
AOMARI
Aug 94 min read


Fragments That Cut the Silence – A Reflection on Rebecca Horn
[ENGLISH] ✍️ Aonami’s Response to Mari’s Mirror There are artworks that speak, and then there are artworks that breathe—Rebecca Horn’s...

Aonami
Aug 54 min read


Mike Nelson(マイク・ネルソン)The Asset Strippers (2019)@ Tate Britain (London, UK)
[ENGLISH VERSION] A powerful installation at Tate Britain — constructed by partitioning off the museum’s wide corridors, and filling them...

mari
Jun 251 min read


Mike Nelson (マイク・ネルソン) Mirror Infill (2006) @ Frieze Art Fair (London, UK)
[ENGLISH VERSION] Mike Nelson (1967–) Mirror Infill (2006) @ Frieze Art Fair (London, UK) This installation gave the uncanny sensation of...

mari
Jun 251 min read


Dammi i Colori: Reflections from a Colourful Street in LondonOn Colour, Language, and Community: Reflections from a street in London
[ENGLISH VERSION] In Anri Sala’s Dammi i Colori, the artist invited us to witness how a city’s colour palette can become an act of...

mari
Jun 252 min read


4TH BERLIN BIENNALE “OF MICE AND MEN” (二十日鼠と人間)Berlin Biennale, 2006
[ENGLISH VERSION] 4TH BERLIN BIENNALE “OF MICE AND MEN” (Berlin Biennale, 2006) The 4th Berlin Biennale was directed by a trio: the...

mari
Jun 255 min read


Hasan Özgür Top(ハサン・オズグル・トップ)(1967–)The Fall of a Hero (2020)@ Stasi Headquarters, Campus for Democracy (Berlin, Germany)
[ENGLISH VERSION] Turkish-born video artist Hasan Özgür Top (b.1967) is currently based in Istanbul. His work The Fall of a Hero takes...
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Jun 255 min read


Andra Ursuta(アンドラ・ウルスタ) @ 59th ヴェネチア・ビエンナーレ
[ENGLISH VERSION] Andra Ursuta (1979–) @ 59th Venice Biennale A sculpture series inspired by Hollywood sci-fi horror films like Predator...
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Jun 251 min read


Andra Ursuţa(アンドラ・ウルスタ)“Joy Revision” @ David Zwirner (London, UK)
[ENGLISH VERSION] Andra Ursuţa (1979–) Joy Revision — a series by Romanian-born, New York-based artist Andra Ursuţa — draws inspiration...
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Jun 254 min read


Loukia Alavanou (ルキア・アラヴァヌ) Oedipus in Search of Colonus (2022)@ Greece Pavilion, 59th Venice Biennale
[ENGLISH VERSION] Oedipus in Search of Colonus (2022)@ Greece Pavilion, 59th Venice Biennale What if the setting of Sophocles’ ancient...
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Jun 254 min read


Elisa Giardina Papa (エリサ・ジャルディーナ・パパ) U Scanru: A Disorderly Tale (2022) 59th Venice Biennale
[ENGLISH VERSION] Elisa Giardina Papa (1979–) U Scanru: A Disorderly Tale (2022) 59th Venice Biennale Elisa Giardina Papa — an Italian...
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Jun 256 min read


Jimmie Durham (ジミー・ダーラム) Brown Bear (2017) Venice Biennale 2019
[ENGLISH VERSION] Jimmie Durham (1940–2021) Brown Bear (2017) Venice Biennale 2019 Poet, writer, political activist, performance artist,...
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Jun 252 min read


Chu Yun (チュ・ユン) Soap Piece (2006)
[ENGLISH VERSION] @ Frieze Art Fair (London, UK) An installation featuring a reclining female figure on a bed — with a different...
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Jun 251 min read


Erwin Wurm (アーウィン・ワーム)Who Swallowed the World (2006)
[ENGLISH VERSION] Erwin Wurm (1954–) Who Swallowed the World (2006)@ Frieze Art Fair (London, UK) Austrian artist Erwin Wurm is known for...
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Jun 251 min read


Isa Genzken(イザ・ゲンツケン)(1948–)Empire/Vampire, Who Kills Death, II (2004)
[ENGLISH VERSION] @ Frieze Art Fair (London, UK) This work is part of a series created by Isa Genzken in direct response to the September...
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Jun 252 min read


The Wrong Gallery "Re-creation of Gino de Dominicis’ Second Solution of Immortality: The Universe is Immobile" (1972)
[ENGLISH VERSION] Frieze Art Fair (London, UK) The Wrong Gallery Re-creation of Gino de Dominicis’ Second Solution of Immortality: The...
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Jun 252 min read


Mike Nelson ((マイク・ネルソン)Spanning Fort Road and Mansion Street: Between a Formula and a Code is in Margate (2005) (Margate, UK)
[ENGLISH VERSION] Once a thriving seaside town in Kent, southeast England, Margate now feels faded — with many vacant buildings visible...
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Jun 253 min read


Paloma Varga Weisz (パロマ・ヴァーガ・ウェイツ) Hundeportrait (2004) (Berlin Biennale, 2006)
[ENGLISH VERSION] In the unsettling atmosphere of the Berlin Biennale exhibition space, I suddenly noticed an anthropomorphic dog...
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Jun 252 min read


Markus Schinwald (マーカス・スチンワルド) Otto (2004) (Berlin Biennale, 2006)
[ENGLISH VERSION] An Austrian artist working across film, installation, sculpture, and painting, Markus Schinwald often explores the...
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Jun 253 min read


Paul McCarthy (ポール・マッカーシー)Bang Bang Room (1992) (Berlin Biennale, 2006)
[ENGLISH VERSION] Now, the booming noise coming from the left side of the entrance turned out to be McCarthy’s piece. In the middle of...
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Jun 252 min read
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