KOHEI NAWA

Prism

The "Prism" works are part of the "PixCell" series, where I turn motifs collected from the Internet into sculptures.
Covering a transparent box (cell) containing a motif with prism sheets produces the alternating appearance and disappearance of images from perspectives that differ as the viewer’s actual viewpoint changes. In this way, the motif that ought to exist within the box (cell) loses its reality and drifts as a virtual image, homogenizing the feel of the motif and the sense of distance from it, diluting its meaning and even its symbolism.

PixCell (Installation view)

Installation view: "SYNTHESIS," 2011, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan

PixCell[Zebra]

2003
Mixed media
1045 × 910 × 910 mm
Collection of Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

PixCell[Ram Skull]

2011
Mixed media
393 × 813 × 291 mm

PixCell[Shoe#7(L)]

2011
Mixed media
208 × 363 × 176 mm

PixCell[Flamingo]

2008
Mixed media
813 × 613 × 266 mm

PixCell[Toy-French Bread]

2011
Mixed media
208 × 363 × 176 mm