تاكاهيرو كودو

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I see my work as a simple representation of an object which widely includes all kinds of natural and artificial phenomena surrounding us. In the process of visualization, the object is presented in a de-familiarized context and clarified as essentially material. Throughout its isolation and materialization, I attempt to enable the spectator to re-encounter the object.
By means of a visually simple re-composition and conditional exchange, I attempt in these projects to enable the viewer to face familiar phenomena in de-familiarised situations. More precisely, instead of containing particular expressions towards the viewer, my works attempt to lead the spectator to the awareness of something, which I define as extended materiality/objectivity, in daily situations is difficult to realise. In other words, by restricting them to artificial existence, the spectator is enabled to recreate/refine the meaning of things.
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Much of Takahiro Kudo’s sculptures remind me of macabre scenes in horror films. In particular, his skin-like chair, floating torso of sewn skin, and hairy wall sculptures, seem reminiscent of Jeepers Creepers and Silence of the Lambs. Though these works give me chills, there is something captivating about Kudo’s sculptures. I find it difficult to look away.