Spirit Heart Soul Flesh Body
Duo show with Maggie Dunlap
Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Oct 21 – Nov 12, 2023
Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Oct 21 – Nov 12, 2023
(Lyotard, Jean-Francois. The Postmodern Condition. Manchester University Press, 1984).
The excesses of contemporary society—characterized by war, sexual violence, and heinous crimes—are amplified by technological advancements, creating a feedback loop between event and representation. Social media platforms like TikTok serve as a stage for these episodic, sometimes startling glimpses into human experience.
Death remains an intensely personal event, yet the body transitions into anonymity post-mortem. There are liminal spaces—moments neither fully alive nor dead—that evoke metaphors like crossing the River Styx or approaching the Pearly Gates. In medical terms, death is often confirmed through cardiopulmonary arrest. Thirty minutes after death, livor mortis sets in: blood pools in the body’s lower extremities, causing a dark purple discoloration. This downward flow of blood, reminiscent of hair caught in a drain, marks an irreversible process governed by natural forces. An hour after death, rigor mortis begins as aerobic respiration ceases, halting the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). As ATP levels drop, the body stiffens into a fixed pose, as though frozen in time—much like a crime scene immortalized in a photograph.
Rather than witnessing a simple consolidation of Spirit, Heart, Soul, Flesh, and Body, it is the transitions among these elements—bridging the physical and metaphysical, the personal and social, the analog and digital—that captivate us, drawing us into the mysteries of life and death.
Self Portrait As Corpse, 2023
Digital fine art print on MDF
25 x 25 cm
Godsend (honey and sun), 2023
Galvanized steel, steel rods, resin, zipties, concrete, tin, ropes, hair
63 x 336 x 50 cm
Godsend (honey and sun), 2023
Galvanized steel, steel rods, resin, zipties, concrete, tin, ropes, hair
63 x 336 x 50 cm
Godsend (honey and sun), 2023
Galvanized steel, steel rods, resin, zipties, concrete, tin, ropes, hair
63 x 336 x 50 cm
Godsend (honey and sun), 2023
Galvanized steel, steel rods, resin, zipties, concrete, tin, ropes, hair
63 x 336 x 50 cm
Godsend (honey and sun), 2023
Galvanized steel, steel rods, resin, zipties, concrete, tin, ropes, hair
63 x 336 x 50 cm
Godsend (honey and sun), 2023
Galvanized steel, steel rods, resin, zipties, concrete, tin, ropes, hair
63 x 336 x 50 cm
Woodshop Scene 1, 2023
Digital fine art print on aluminium dibond
145 x 103 cm
Body Bag Rigor Mortis, 2023
Digital fine art print on aluminium dibond
145 x 103 cm
Posthumous, 2023
Polyurethane, steel
13 x 225 x 7 cm
Posthumous, 2023
Polyurethane, steel
13 x 225 x 7 cm
Posthumous, 2023
Polyurethane, steel
13 x 225 x 7 cm
Posthumous, 2023
Polyurethane, steel
13 x 225 x 7 cm