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Kazuto Imura "Mmmwm"
Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery
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Kazuto Imura
Kazuto Imura was born in 1990 in Kyoto, Japan, and graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2017 with a BFA in Advanced Art Expression. Imura follows the history of the relationship between people and mirrors, touching on the materials and structure of mirrors, and creates works using mirrors and mirrors themselves on various themes such as optics, magic mirrors, rotating liquid mirrors, and mirrors that do not reflect. His diverse techniques and expressions using unique mirrors have been highly acclaimed and continue to stimulate and fascinate people's curiosity.
The title of the exhibition, “Mmmwm," is derived from the artist's own experience of "mirrors make mirrors with mirrors." In the ongoing series “Wall-Ordered," based on the concept of "visualization of a number line," mirrors with different properties create repetitive mirror images with a new order. In “Loose Reflection," an artificial obsidian that reflects the memory of the land, obsidian of various origins is melted and mixed to create a new mirror that transcends the known forces of nature.
In addition to these works, this exhibition will show the results of an accelerated divergence from the single theme of "mirror" through a montage of a vast array of elements, including not only material conditions and reflection phenomena, but also alchemy, mythology, rituals, and even technological constraints and substitutes from different periods in history.
The title of the exhibition, “Mmmwm," is derived from the artist's own experience of "mirrors make mirrors with mirrors." In the ongoing series “Wall-Ordered," based on the concept of "visualization of a number line," mirrors with different properties create repetitive mirror images with a new order. In “Loose Reflection," an artificial obsidian that reflects the memory of the land, obsidian of various origins is melted and mixed to create a new mirror that transcends the known forces of nature.
In addition to these works, this exhibition will show the results of an accelerated divergence from the single theme of "mirror" through a montage of a vast array of elements, including not only material conditions and reflection phenomena, but also alchemy, mythology, rituals, and even technological constraints and substitutes from different periods in history.
Schedule | Apr 19 (Wed) 2023-May 1 (Mon) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | https://www.mistore.jp/store/nihombashi/shops/art/art/shopnews_list/shopnews0146.html | ||
| Venue | Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp.e.bm.hp.transer.com/nihombashi/shops/art/contemporary.html | ||
| Location | 1-4-1 Nihombashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001 | ||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit A3 or A5 at Mitsukoshimae Station on the Ginza and Hanzomon lines, 5 minute walk from exit B11 on the Ginza and Tozai lines or Toei Asakusa line, 6 minute walk from exit 3 at Shin-Nihombashi Station on the JR Sobu line. | ||
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