Chihiro Honda + Maureen Muse "Body"
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Chihiro Honda, Maureen Muse
The White is pleased to present "Body" a collaborative exhibition by Honda Chihiro, based in Kyoto, and Maureen Muse, based in Mexico City.
This exhibition has been conceived as an initiative to further deepen and expand the "collaboration with international artists" that photographer Ikuhisa Sawada, founder of The White, has been pursuing. In this instance, Sawada functions as a "hub" connecting the artists. By bringing together two artists who, while operating in different contexts, share an awareness of space and an interest in the memory of place, the exhibition aims to acquire new perspectives in artistic expression and organically invigorate their artistic practices.
The works of both Honda and Muse prioritize the creative process and are characterized by minimal yet poetic spatial compositions. Honda explores the relationship between material and body, structure and consciousness, taking as a starting point the titanium inside her body. Viewing metal as a medium that blurs the boundary between self and world, she captures spatial transformations arising from subtle shifts in gravity and equilibrium through adjustments in arrangement and structure. Working primarily with metal and establishing space as a structural entity, she presents a framework that opens up modes of perception and consciousness, rather than resting on a finished form. Muse, on the other hand, explores the process by which narratives fixed in language and imagery are transformed and reimagined. In her April 2025 solo exhibition "Iva Toguri D'Aquino," she employed "time" as a medium, reexamining history through the traces of a specific individual, attempting to liberate narratives from existing frameworks.
This exhibition brings together the contrasting approaches of Honda, who questions frameworks of consciousness through the equilibrium of materials, and Muse, who reinterprets history through a deep investigation of her subjects. We invite you to witness the process by which two perspectives from different cultural backgrounds flexibly incorporate both empathy and dissonance to weave new narratives.
This exhibition has been conceived as an initiative to further deepen and expand the "collaboration with international artists" that photographer Ikuhisa Sawada, founder of The White, has been pursuing. In this instance, Sawada functions as a "hub" connecting the artists. By bringing together two artists who, while operating in different contexts, share an awareness of space and an interest in the memory of place, the exhibition aims to acquire new perspectives in artistic expression and organically invigorate their artistic practices.
The works of both Honda and Muse prioritize the creative process and are characterized by minimal yet poetic spatial compositions. Honda explores the relationship between material and body, structure and consciousness, taking as a starting point the titanium inside her body. Viewing metal as a medium that blurs the boundary between self and world, she captures spatial transformations arising from subtle shifts in gravity and equilibrium through adjustments in arrangement and structure. Working primarily with metal and establishing space as a structural entity, she presents a framework that opens up modes of perception and consciousness, rather than resting on a finished form. Muse, on the other hand, explores the process by which narratives fixed in language and imagery are transformed and reimagined. In her April 2025 solo exhibition "Iva Toguri D'Aquino," she employed "time" as a medium, reexamining history through the traces of a specific individual, attempting to liberate narratives from existing frameworks.
This exhibition brings together the contrasting approaches of Honda, who questions frameworks of consciousness through the equilibrium of materials, and Muse, who reinterprets history through a deep investigation of her subjects. We invite you to witness the process by which two perspectives from different cultural backgrounds flexibly incorporate both empathy and dissonance to weave new narratives.
Schedule | Feb 11 (Wed) 2026-Feb 28 (Sat) 2026 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.the-white-jp.com/exhibition/2026/0211/ | ||||
| Venue | The White http://www.the-white-jp.com/ | ||||
| Location | 202 Sawada Bldg., 2-2-1 Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0064 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit A4 at Jimbocho Station on the Hanzomon line or Toei Shinjuku and Mita lines. 7 minute walk from the Ochanomizubashi exit of Ochanomizu Station on the JR Chuo and Sobu lines or Marunouchi line. | ||||
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