Gomen, Tasukarimasu, Arigatou—No.2
Year: 2026
Material/Technique: Others
Edition: Unique
Signed:Not Set
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About the Work
- Year
- 2026
- Material/Technique
- Others
- Edition
- Unique
- Signed
- Not Set
- Frame
- Not Included
- Work Certificate
- Included
- Distributor of artworks
- Kwanho LEE
- Ship-from Area
- Kyoto
- Days Until Dispatch
- About 2 Weeks
- Category
- Installation
- Style
- Conceptual
Work Details
Gomen, Tasukarimasu, Arigatou – No. 2
Material: Toilet paper, electrical conduit, mounting brackets, wooden boards
Size: Variable dimensions
Photo: Gallery METABO
Over two months, I collected used toilet paper from public restrooms in Japan, observing and preserving the irregular edges left by each tear. I selected ten rolls and arranged them into the shape of Mount Fuji.
Japanese society often presents an image of standardization and homogeneity. Yet even the most ordinary actions in a restroom leave traces of individual difference. The subtle variations in how people tear toilet paper record spontaneous gestures embedded in everyday life.
By arranging these rolls into the shape of Mount Fuji, I reconsider Japan’s collective image from a corner of daily life that often goes unnoticed. Beneath a widely shared cultural symbol, individual differences persist, revealing themselves through small, tangible traces.
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Kwanho was born in 1997 in Guangdong, China, and completed a master's degree (oil painting) at the Graduate School of Art, Kyoto University of the Arts, in 2025. Based in Kyoto.Everyday objects found in public contexts — ready-mades — serve as material, their functions and symbolic meanings dismantled and reconfigured. The resulting installations present the absurdity that appears constantly in society yet goes unnoticed.
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