• FLESH REALITY

    Flesh Reality is currently open at Point Zero in London until June 8th. This exhibition, bringing together the work of both contemporary artists and past legends, explores the relationship between body and psyche.

    {Body has been one of the most prominent subject matters in the history of visual culture. We try to make sense of reality largely through our physical existence – the body. Yet, though our psyche resides in flesh, it can never be in complete control of this mysterious vehicle, with its perpetual transformation of tissues and cells; viruses and bacteria.}

  • Childhood Demons & Heroes: Hikari Shimoda

    >Hikari Shimoda’s Website
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    Previous post on Hikari Shimoda here.

    The first three images are a series called Whereabouts of God. The images depicting children in superhero costumes were part of a solo show, In a World of Dead Gods, which exhibited at the Artcomplex Center of Tokyo in December of last year. Her statement for the exhibition is this:

    “A catastrophic earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011. Not only did this earthquake kill many people, but it has also called attention to a nuclear power plant explosion without precedence. This horrible tragedy occurred as a result of this society’s reliance on nuclear energy. Responsibility for this has thus been transferred from the adults to their children. Those who are born into this world are instantaneously burdened by an atrocity of whole-world magnitude. They are also required to save it. We must now face a new reality in order to live in this world. Through images of children wearing such costumes as those of Superman or Sailor Moon, I am expressing indirectly problems that the world now faces.”