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Production year: 2024

Size: H42 x W21 x D12 cm

Material: pottery, oil painting

Edition: Unique Piece (one-of-a-kind)

Work certificate: Yes (signed)

I'm thinking about “the way people are” centered around theatrical elements lurking in everyday life.

We are given the role of ourselves that we didn't choose from the moment we were born, and we have to play it until we die. It's the same for animals and plants, but it makes people think a lot. In order to make myself exist in a world like this big theater, I unknowingly create some kind of role, and I lose sight of the essence of myself, which is supposed to be empty.

I am also one of those who have drowned in my role and struggled. Creating roles is fun, but it's painful when you start to think “it has to be this way.” I want to be able to remember that originally, everyone was just a container for a role. Once empty, try to quietly think about what to pour out to live. I create my work while thinking about that.

While we have continued to create works that search for a way of being, centering on theatrical elements hidden in everyday life, this time, this is a new sculpture that focuses on things that any human being would believe in somewhere in their heart, such as fortune telling, jinx, amulets, and magic tricks.

Includes wall mounting hardware

Signed on the back

We asked Emiri Nakata, who is thinking about and creating “how people should be” centered around theatrical elements hidden in everyday life, about the concept of her work and her future goals in line with her solo exhibition at GALLERY ROOM A.

https://artsticker.app/events/27528

This work will be exhibited at the solo exhibition “WHEEL of FORTUNE” to be held from 2024/3/16 (Sat) to 4/14 (Sun) at GALLERY ROOM A, a commercial gallery in Asakusa.

Session period

2024/3/16 (Sat) to 4/14 (Sun)

venue

GALLERY ROOM A

address

KAIKA TOKYO by THE SHARE HOTELS 1F STORAGE 1, 2-16-5 Honjo, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

Opening hours

08:00 ～ 23:00

Closed days

Open every day during the exhibition

Admission fee

gratis

access

8 minutes on foot from Asakusa Station on the Toei Asakusa Line, 9 minutes on foot from Honjo-Azumabashi Station, 9 minutes on foot from Kuramae Station on the Toei Oedo Line

Exhibition URL

https://artsticker.app/events/24687