사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who's Whorinal (Golden Days) 2022, Collage of UV print, charcoal, colored paper, 96 x 68 cm
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who's bigger splash (water identity playtime) 2022, Charcoal and paper collage, 135 x 120 cm
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who King Boy Free 2023, Acrylic, charcoal and pastel on canvas, 120 x 120 cm,
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who’s Whobist Femme Hysteria? 2023, Charcoal and pastel on canvas, 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Nympheas de Who? (Sunset Monogram) 2023, Pastel on canvas, 190 x 190 x 2.5 cm
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who La La? (Body Positive) 2023, Charcoal and pastel on canvas, 125 x 190 x 2.5 cm
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who’s Double Tongue Whobist Femme Selfie? 2023, Charcoal and pastel on canvas, 100 x 160 x 2.5 cm
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who’s Nude Beach Panic? 2023, Charcoal and pastel on canvas, 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who’s Identity Soup? (Four Options) 2022, Charcoal and paper collage on silkscreen print, 93 x 53 cm each (4 parts)
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who’s History of Art? (Confused Baer) 2023, Collage of UV print, charcoal, colored paper, 96 x 68 cm
사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)
Who’s Iconic? (Abstracted Who) 2023, Acrylic, charcoal, pastel and pencil on canvas, 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm
"I created a cartoon character in order not to become one myself."
- Simon Fujiwara
Gallery Hyundai is pleased to announce Whoseum of Who?, the first exhibition of British-Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara at the gallery from April 5 to May 21. Building on a series centered on his cartoon character Who the Bær, Gallery Hyundai will present over 40 new works that include drawings, videos, paintings and site-specific installations.
‘Who’ the Bær is a cartoon character that the artist developed during the first pandemic lockdown as a ‘Dada-esque response to an increasingly absurd and incomprehensible world.’ Fujiwara’s character takes the form of an identity-free cartoon bear. With seemingly no race, no gender and no sexuality, Who is only recognisable by their golden heart and impossibly long tongue. Doomed to forever be ‘only 2 dimensional’ and trapped in their status as an image, Who the Bær poses earnest questions on the nature of a ‘true and authentic self’ in an era of hyper technological mediation. Since it’s debut in 2021 at the Fondazione Prada in Milan, exhibitions of Who the Bær have traveled to Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam and Prada Aoyama, Tokyo; and the series has been presented across multiple media, from painting and sculpture to full scale installations, stop frame animations and a children’s book.
“나는 나 자신이 만화가 되지 않기 위해, 만화 캐릭터를 창조했다.”
- 사이먼 후지와라
갤러리현대는 오는 4월 5일부터 5월 21일까지 베를린을 기반으로 세계적 활동을 펼치는 사이먼 후지와라(Simon Fujiwara)의 개인전 《Whoseum of Who?》를 개최한다. 이번 전시에는 작가의 만화 캐릭터 연작인
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