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Roppongi Hills
Makoto Egashira, “Suit” Installations on the street / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”
- [Date]
- 9/30 (Sat) 10:00 - 10/1 (Sun) 18:00
- [Place]
- Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F
- [Participation fee]
- Free
If you’re Japanese, it is most likely that one has encountered a rococo-esque flower print blanket. That blanket has been incorporated into our lives, regardless of the owner’s tastes. Through that blanket, we can see how Japan, ever since the war ended, has felt an admiration, but at the same time, an inferiority complex towards western culture, and how we have adopted these western cultural elements into our lives. We now live in a time where we have easy access to overseas products and culture, and now it is more important than ever to be objective of our lives and to make choices for ourselves.
ARTISTS
Makoto Egashira
Born in Mie Prefecture in 1986, Makoto Egashira’s work employs the flower print blankets that become popular in postwar Japan, creating large-scale sculptures and installations that utilize the exhibition space. He received the special prize at the 18th Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award for his artwork Jinguuji miyagata yatsumunezukuri, a funeral car made with Styrofoam and wrapped in blankets. Egashira also received the grand prix at SICF17 for the installation Ohanabatake, which transformed his booth at the fair into a Western-style toilet made with his trademark blankets.