Centipede Who Came Across a Human at the First Time Ⅱ
Year: 2023
Material/Technique: Paper, Silk Screen
Size: 39.7 × 30.8 × 2.4 cm
Edition: Edition Available
Signed:Included
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USD 249
Note: Prices are displayed as reference prices converted at the exchange rate. Payments are made in Japanese yen.
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- Year
- 2023
- Material/Technique
- Paper, Silk Screen
- Size
- 39.7 × 30.8 × 2.4 cm
- Edition
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- Signed
- Included
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Work Details
Small centipedes appeared in my new home at first. I couldn't tell where they were coming from. Perhaps there was a tiny nest somewhere. I had no choice but to get rid of them, but from their perspective, words like "had no choice" mean nothing—I was simply a terrifying invader. I can't help but hope that mosquitoes or mites, who have been similarly targeted by humans, came along to offer them a bit of comfort.
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Wednesday, Augest 26, 1:00 PM – ,Tuesday September 1, 11:00 PM
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Artist
Painter, Printmaker
The inner life of another is unknowable. No matter how close we are, there is no way to fully know what another being feels.
I make work from that place of not-knowing. My gaze toward insects, small animals, and creatures at society's margins is not a search for answers. Knowing that complete understanding is impossible, I reach toward them anyway — it is that act of reaching that gives my practice its meaning.
Biology holds a concept called Umwelt: every creature inhabits its own distinct perceptual world, different from another's. I move between these worlds, from a place that belongs fully to none of them — an in-between position bound up with my own upbringing, a solitary childhood spent closer to nature than to people.
Not-knowing can easily become resignation. My practice moves the opposite way: precisely because I cannot know, I look more carefully.
Seeing does not change what is seen. Yet the fact of having tried to see remains. My paintings are traces of that attempt.
