KOHEI NAWA

Scum

"Scum," refers to the layer that forms on the surface when something is boiled or fermented. In the "Scum" works, a skin of polyurethane foam, produced through a chemical reaction of two solutions, increases in volume just like uncontrolled cellular division. The hollow volume from which meaning has gone and no symbolic elements remain symbolizes the dregs of the bodies and objects that we continue to consume in a capitalist society.

Scum-Apotosis

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

Scum#2

2006
Mixed media
3100 × 4700 × 5000 mm
Installation view: "GUSH," 2006, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan

Scum Spectrum

2000
Foam polyurethane, resin
1900 × 3900 × 3800 mm
Installation view: "boomerang art project 2000-2001," Kyoto Art Center, Japan