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Taiyo Kimura : New Works
by Nichido contemporary art
Location: Nichido contemporary art
Artist(s): Taiyo KIMURA
Date: 31 Aug - 21 Sep 2012

nichido contemporary art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by Taiyo Kimura. Using readily available materials (everyday objects like compasses, stuffed animals, measuring scales, scissors and calculators), Taiyo Kimura transforms them into artworks that capture mundane, everyday events and phenomena, the sense of malaise that dwells within our experiences, as well as the various emotions that result from that unease. Kimura’s sketchbook contains a diary-like record of events, occurrences and emotions that he encounters over the course of his daily life. Images from imaginary worlds generated by these experiences are then compressed and tightly depicted in this book, filtered through the lens of his own judgment. A superficial glimpse at this work suggests a humorous outlook or a touch of black humor, drawing us into a vortex of laughter. More than this, however, Kimura’s work also captures a clear sense of the absurd irrationality, discomfort and uncertainty of contemporary society. Many of his previous works sought to capture the human body as a material substance, depicting parts and fragments of his own body, or those of others. In recent years, as if to revolt against this tendency, Kimura began to show an interest in things with forms that cannot be found in the human body. He has produced a body of work portraying events and phenomena transpiring within our brains that bind and control our bodies in ways separate from our will and volition, experiences we have in our dreams, as well as invisible personal sensations that seem to be dictated by some rule or other.

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