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NAKAHARA Kodai, <Lego monster>, Lego, H320×W280×D210cm, 1990
[Japan] NAKAHARA Kodai Lego monster
Nakahara Kodai retains an important position as the existence connecting and at the same time stressing the difference between the old generation and new generation surrounding the consciousness of avant-garde in the arts in Japan following the war. Nakahara started to recover the bold colors of Mono (meaning “objects” in Japanese) and the vague expression for distinguishing whether to have shape on the borderline was addressed skillfully through various subjects regardless of sculpture and paintings. Assembled with Lego blocks, Nakahara’s work figuratively connects the flow to the past however it has an element unlike Post Mono-ha in that the original image is totally different. Viewers also get the same impression from connected simulations represented by Murakami Takashi and Aida Makoto that appeared later. |
