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ARTWORKS
Kohei Nawa
Direction#265 (Not for Sale)
2019
Paint on canvas
Artist Statement:
“Direction” is a series of paintings, in which ink pigment is dripped from the top edge of the canvas, and composes dots, lines, and fields through its movement. At the artist’s studio, the canvases are mounted vertically and angled by 15 degrees. Ink, engineered to the required viscosity, slowly descends on the surface and cuts through the square grid of the canvas mesh at the fixed angle —manifesting the visible effects of gravity that dictate the movement and speed of the liquid material.
PROFILE
Sculptor, Director of Sandwich Inc., and Professor at Kyoto University of the Arts.
Born in 1975, and based in Kyoto, Japan, Kohei Nawa received a PhD in Sculpture (2003, Kyoto City Univ. of Arts). Known for PixCell series exploring “skin” as interface in the information age, his works (Direction, Force, Biomatrix, Foam) merge materiality, life, and cosmos. Major projects include pavilion Kohtei, performances VESSEL, Mist, Planet [wanderer] and Mirage with Damien Jalet, Throne at Louvre (2018), Ether (Equality) on Seine (2023).