Collection II
Saturday September 13, 2008 - Sunday April 12, 2009

Artist and Works
Jan FABRE
Angelo FILOMENO
Dominique GONZALEZ-FOERSTER
Damien HIRST
KITAGAWA Hiroto
KOSUGE1-16
Beatriz MILHAZES
NARA Yoshitomo
Yoshitomo Nara + graf
Magnus WALLIN


Introduction

Collection II
「shell - shelter」

There will be no safety zone.
--- from: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, ANN LEE IN ANZEN ZONE


The “Collection Exhibition” presents important art works reflecting the changing values and transitions of contemporary society and, through their presentation, explores current social issues.

The keywords for “Collection II” are “shell — shelter.” The images of the human body presented in the exhibition suggest varying perspectives—a standard for value judgment, a cast-off shell of the emotions or spirit, a shelter allowing us to continue being who we are, life and death, and so on. While questioning existing values and rendering apparent our loneliness and uncertainty, our helplessness, and the distance between us as individuals, these works endeavor to discover anew a place of survival and meaningful existence.

(Translation from Japanese: Brian Amstutz)


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