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Kenjiro Okazaki : Mettere a nudo / Aeon Muttered

Past exhibition
14 October - 16 November 2024
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Kenjiro Okazaki , Mettere a nudo / Aeon Muttered

Kenjiro Okazaki's artistic oeuvre often explores the fundamental principles of form and creation, transcending the boundaries of specific genres. He perceives diverse subjects—such as painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature—as interchangeable and translatable, while still preserving their unique characteristics. 

 

This particular approach is evoked in the exhibition title, a perfect anagram conceived by the artist. "Mettere a nudo" meaning "to lay bare" or "to reveal the truth," in Italian, reflects the human desire to break the seals covering the world and know its ultimate limits. The noun "Aeon", etymologically meaning "life" or "vital force" in English, is often translated as "timeless" or "for eternity". In correspondence to the first part, yet in contrast, the expression implies the emergence of endless murmuring or chatter, suggesting a continuous flow of words or thoughts that persists eternally.

 

 
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Installation Views
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  • Okazaki Kenjiro Exhibition View 2024 Clairedorn 6
  • Okazaki Kenjiro Exhibition View 2024 Clairedorn 5
Works
  • Kenjiro Okazaki, Heads poking out, a shape with lion body and man's head. A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun. Embankment crowded, a vast image troubles my sight. Everyone shouting, voices affectionate, half-crying. We're all gonna die. Darkness drops again. I heard duck, 2024
    Kenjiro Okazaki, Heads poking out, a shape with lion body and man's head. A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun. Embankment crowded, a vast image troubles my sight. Everyone shouting, voices affectionate, half-crying. We're all gonna die. Darkness drops again. I heard duck, 2024
  • Kenjiro Okazaki, Do Not Imagine That I Read Novels/Queen Mary Psalter / It Is Really Very Well for a Novel, 2024
    Kenjiro Okazaki, Do Not Imagine That I Read Novels/Queen Mary Psalter / It Is Really Very Well for a Novel, 2024
  • Kenjiro Okazaki, My stomach is growling. We're lucky. They say you always realize the terrible things after they've passed, like puddles after a typhoon. Our misfortune has been completely cleared away. The heavens somersaulted! I heard there's a short book that never ends, and although I haven't read it, I asked for a copy. Stories of bird horns, flying fish, seashells, and clay dragons started forming a chain in my mind like beads. But they kept swirling, and I couldn't get them out of my mouth. Half-dreaming, a green sandy plain spread out before me, and above my head was a deep, clear sky with a perfectly round, golden-colored full moon floating in the middle. It's not like there's nothing in the sky. Music comes from everywhere. The insects ' ensemble is a strange, buzzing sound between the rooms, among the grass, on top of the trees. Even the snakes join in, hissing and chirping harmoniously with the insects... Then, a sudden evening shower pours down, and now the whole garden is a puddle, with everyone swimming, diving, flapping their wings, and giggling., 2024
    Kenjiro Okazaki, My stomach is growling. We're lucky. They say you always realize the terrible things after they've passed, like puddles after a typhoon. Our misfortune has been completely cleared away. The heavens somersaulted! I heard there's a short book that never ends, and although I haven't read it, I asked for a copy. Stories of bird horns, flying fish, seashells, and clay dragons started forming a chain in my mind like beads. But they kept swirling, and I couldn't get them out of my mouth. Half-dreaming, a green sandy plain spread out before me, and above my head was a deep, clear sky with a perfectly round, golden-colored full moon floating in the middle. It's not like there's nothing in the sky. Music comes from everywhere. The insects ' ensemble is a strange, buzzing sound between the rooms, among the grass, on top of the trees. Even the snakes join in, hissing and chirping harmoniously with the insects... Then, a sudden evening shower pours down, and now the whole garden is a puddle, with everyone swimming, diving, flapping their wings, and giggling., 2024
  • Kenjiro Okazaki, Paravent avec des Pins sur la Plage / 浜松図屏風 / Ma Ligne de Chance Est Très Courte, 2024
    Kenjiro Okazaki, Paravent avec des Pins sur la Plage / 浜松図屏風 / Ma Ligne de Chance Est Très Courte, 2024
  • Kenjiro Okazaki, The place where Bee built its nest was somewhere that wouldn't interfere with humans and wouldn't be noticed by children. Bee toiled from dawn to dusk, indifferent to the world's happenings. One day, tragedy struck: Bee's nest was destroyed. Heartbroken, Bee wished to leave the nest. Bee envied a blooming rose's serenity. “You're lucky,” Bee said. “We're hated without cause.”Rose replied, “Your look explains why.” Ashamed, Bee gazed into a puddle. “Bizarre face―so this is a bee.” The sun smiled. Next day, the rose was gone,cut. Bee thought, “Fate treats all the same.”, 2024
    Kenjiro Okazaki, The place where Bee built its nest was somewhere that wouldn't interfere with humans and wouldn't be noticed by children. Bee toiled from dawn to dusk, indifferent to the world's happenings. One day, tragedy struck: Bee's nest was destroyed. Heartbroken, Bee wished to leave the nest. Bee envied a blooming rose's serenity. “You're lucky,” Bee said. “We're hated without cause.”Rose replied, “Your look explains why.” Ashamed, Bee gazed into a puddle. “Bizarre face―so this is a bee.” The sun smiled. Next day, the rose was gone,cut. Bee thought, “Fate treats all the same.”, 2024
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