Mr. "Metamorphosis: Give Me Your Wings" Exhibition @ Lehmann Maupin Gallery

“Metamorphosis: Give Me Your Wings” is an exhibition by Japanese artist, Mr. (Masakatsu Iwamoto). The show features an installment interspersed with his latest paintings, aimed at depicting post-disaster anxiety specifically related to Japan’s March 11 earthquake. The main focus, a mock living environment belonging to a victim of the disaster, serves as a visual representation of the Japanese mentality post nuclear disaster; cluttered belongings (some necessary, many recreational) make up a bedroom-cum-living space. Acrylic on canvas as well as watercolor on paper make up the artwork that also represents, albeit in a pleasantly skewed manner, the mentioned mentality through anime-esque characters and landscapes. The exhibition gallery runs from September 13 through to October 27 at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York.

Lehmann Maupin Gallery
540 W. 26 St.
New York City
United States

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