Exhibition view of “Phantom Limb” at Mori art museum
“Hollow” series, photo by Keizo Kioku
Motohiko Odani’s solo exhibition “Phantom Limb”, is held at Mori Art Museum from November 27th through February 27th, 2011. This exhibition included from his early to recent artworks.
Exhibition view of “Phantom Limb” at Mori art museum
“Phantom-Limb” series on wall, 1997, c-print, photo by Keizo Kioku
When I entered the exhibition space, I first faced the five photographs of a girl lying down on a white floor. (image above) It seems as if the girl’s hand was injured but actually she is holding a raspberry smashed in her hand.
Motohiko Odani “Phantom-Limb”
c-print, 1997, courtesy of Yamamoto Gendai Gallery
Motohiko Odani is an artist who works on the themes of physical sensations and psychological states, such as pain and fear, awaken latent thoughts and emotions in their viewers. The photo series “Phantom-Limb” gives you a sense of fear and pain by viewing a little girl, even though she is not expressing those emotions on her face.
Motohiko Odani “Erectro (Bambi)”
stuffed deer and aluminium cast, 2003, courtesy of Mori art museum. photo by Keizo Kioku
The complex images in the works defy single interpretations and possess an ominous charm that exists somewhere between beauty and ugliness, life and death and the spiritual and the secular.
Motohiko Odani “Inferno”
video installation with 8 screen, 2008-2010, courtesy of Mori art museum. photo by Keizo Kioku
Odani, who has a critical understanding of sculpture, has resisted (or taken advantage of) the medium’s conventional image of weightiness or substance. Instead, he has given physical representation to “phantoms” – entirely ephemeral sensations or amorphous phenomena.
Exhibition view of “Phantom Limb” at Mori art museum
photo by Keizo Kioku
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Exhibition view of “Phantom Limb” at Mori art museum
“SP2: New Bone” series, mixed media, 2007, photo by Keizo Kioku
Through the entire exhibition, you may feel you actually met the phantom and recognize that it is really existing in our life.
You can also see more exhibition images on Mori Museum’s flickr.
Exhibition Info
Date: Nov 27, 2010 – Feb 27, 2011
Place: Mori Art Museum
Address: Roppongi HIlls Mori Tower (53F), 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
