Mami Kosemura Questions Our Perceptions
The artist revisits 17th-century still lifes with the aid of photography and digital tools, questioning the conception of a work of art.
‘Banquet’, 2018 Giclée print © Mami Kosemura
Painting or photography? Mami Kosemura blurs the boundaries between these mediums. The Tokyo-based artist recreates (nearly) still lifes, like in her installation Banquet, inspired by the work of Cornelis de Heem, Flowers and Still Life, in which she photographs fruits and flowers over a period of four months before assembling everything in one image.
From 16 June until 2 September 2018, the Hara museum, one of the oldest museums of contemporary art in Japan tucked away in an elegant building in Tokyo’s Shinagawa district, offered visitors a chance to discover Mami Kosemura’s universe in an exhibition entitled Phantasies Over Time.
By introducing the notion of movement in part of her work through videos, the visual artist declares that she wishes to question the viewer’s points of reference. Mami Kosemura justifies this process by stating that it’s only when certainties seem to waver that we allow ourselves to ask crucial questions.
More information on Mami Kosemura’s work can be found on her website.
‘Objects – New York III –’ 2016 Giclée print © Mami Kosemura
‘Drape IV, 2013-14’ Giclée print © Mami Kosemura
‘Objects – New York V –’ 2016 Giclée print © Mami Kosemura
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