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Kazuma Yamamoto "Banned Toys"
Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery
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Kazuma Yamamoto
Kazuma Yamamoto is a contemporary artist born in Tokyo in 1998. Yamamoto has been attracted to "memes" (meme) and visual content, especially horror films, which are given maliciousness, aggression, and altered meanings through the process of repeated reproduction among Internet users, and to the "eeriness," "weirdness," and "uncomfortable" of such films.
The title of this exhibition, "Banned Toys," refers to products that are marketed as toys but are banned for sale because they are considered harmful to the user's body, and in some cases, even possessing them is punishable. In Japanese, they are collectively referred to as "harmful toys. Referring to the animated film "Toy Story," which depicts toys that can move around with their own will and even communicate with each other, and to "Odradek," a strange being that appears in Franz Kafka's short story "Ieper's Concern," Yamamoto sheds light on the appeal of beings prohibited due to their harmfulness from a new angle. Yamamoto sheds light from a new angle on the fascination of beings forbidden by toxicity.
The vintage rocking chairs in the exhibition space emanate the nostalgia of wood furniture as well as hints of past ways of living that have accumulated at the bottom of modern lifestyles. The myriad of colorful model "fruits" attached to the rocking chair cling to it with a frivolous, inorganic presence, without the full aroma or sweet taste of fresh fruit. It is as if the once nostalgic, reassuring, and familiar image of family has been infected by the presence of some frivolous and tasteless image alone.
The disquieting nature of Yamamoto's works may stem from the fact that they blur the boundary between the viewer's innocence and the perpetrator's, and allow the viewer to penetrate the border between the two.
The title of this exhibition, "Banned Toys," refers to products that are marketed as toys but are banned for sale because they are considered harmful to the user's body, and in some cases, even possessing them is punishable. In Japanese, they are collectively referred to as "harmful toys. Referring to the animated film "Toy Story," which depicts toys that can move around with their own will and even communicate with each other, and to "Odradek," a strange being that appears in Franz Kafka's short story "Ieper's Concern," Yamamoto sheds light on the appeal of beings prohibited due to their harmfulness from a new angle. Yamamoto sheds light from a new angle on the fascination of beings forbidden by toxicity.
The vintage rocking chairs in the exhibition space emanate the nostalgia of wood furniture as well as hints of past ways of living that have accumulated at the bottom of modern lifestyles. The myriad of colorful model "fruits" attached to the rocking chair cling to it with a frivolous, inorganic presence, without the full aroma or sweet taste of fresh fruit. It is as if the once nostalgic, reassuring, and familiar image of family has been infected by the presence of some frivolous and tasteless image alone.
The disquieting nature of Yamamoto's works may stem from the fact that they blur the boundary between the viewer's innocence and the perpetrator's, and allow the viewer to penetrate the border between the two.
Schedule | May 28 (Sat) 2022-Jun 19 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://ritsukifujisakigallery.com/en/2022/05/20/banned-toys-by-yamamoto-kazuma-from-20220528-to-20220619/ | ||||
| Venue | Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery http://ritsukifujisakigallery.com/en/ | ||||
| Location | 2-2-10 Higashi Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0004 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit B3 at Higashi-nihonbashi Station on the Toei Asakusa line, 4 minute walk from exit C1 at Bakurocho Station on the JR Sobu line, 5 minute walk from exit A3 at Bakuro-yokoyama Station on the Toei Shinjuku line. | ||||
| Phone | 070-4072-2934 | ||||
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