Lot 517
  • 517

KOHEI NAWA | PixCell-Deer (Mica)

Estimate
350,000 - 550,000 USD
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Description

  • Nawa Kohei
  • PixCell-Deer (Mica)
  • mixed media and glass beads
  • 100 1/4 by 84 7/8 by 70 7/8 in. 254.7 by 215.5 by 180 cm.
  • Executed in 2013.

Provenance

SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo
Private Collection, Europe
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016

Condition

This work is in excellent and structurally sound condition overall. Upon close inspection and under raking light, there is evidence of wear and handling to the glass components, including faint smudges. Please note this work requires specific install instructions. Please contact Sotheby's Contemporary Art Department for further details.
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Catalogue Note

"Mr. Nawa soon found inspiration in life’s tiniest building blocks. A central concept in his work is what he calls the “PixCell,” a portmanteau word that combines the idea of a cell with that of a pixel, the smallest unit of a digital image. By covering the surface of a taxidermied deer with glass beads, he says, he is “PixCellizing” it. It is his take, he says, on our obsession with viewing and filtering the world through pixels — on digital cameras, on our smartphones, online — which at once distorts and illuminates the world we live in." Hiroko Tabuchi, "Kohei Nawa Shifts Stereotypes and Shapes," The New York Times, 28 October 2013