奥:Project God-zilla 2025 The Revenant from “El Mare Pacificum”, 2025 手前:Article 9, 1994
Tokyo Diagram, 2024左:Banzai Container, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025奥:Absolute Dud, 2007Nagato 70·l, 2021Atomic Clouds over Ground Zero (Left) From the Ground, Hiroshima, 8:30am, August 6, 1945 (Right) From the Sky, Hiroshima, 8:30am, August 6, 1945 Cyanotype exposed by the sun of 8:30am, August 6, 2024, 2024Nagato x Operation Crossroads “Baker”, July 25, 1946 Cyanotype exposed by the Sun of July 25, 2024, 2024Hinomaru Illumination 2025, 2025Hinomaru Illumination 2025, 2025 ※裏側奥:The World Flag Ant Farm 2025, 2025 手前:Wandering Position, 2025The World Flag Ant Farm 2025 ※部分
作品には、生きている蟻が幾つか見られました。
天井:Ground Transposition –Hiroshima, 2024Wandering Position – Monomorium Minimum and Pogonomyrmex, 1997
Yukinori Yanagi “ICARUS”
I visited Yukinori Yanagi’s solo exhibition “ICARUS.” The venue is Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, Italy.Pirelli HangarBicocca is a contemporary art center established in 2004 by the major Italian tire maker Pirelli. Pirelli positions its support for cultural activities as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), and — aiming to spread contemporary art and contribute to the local community — it makes admission free.There are three main galleries; Yanagi’s solo show was held in the gallery called “navate.”“ICARUS” is Yukinori Yanagi’s first large-scale retrospective in Europe, showing his signature works from the 1990s and 2000s along with recent pieces. Large-scale installations are reconstructed in the vast space of a former factory, offering fresh perspectives on themes such as nationalism, systems of governance, and the paradoxes of contemporary society.
Yanagi’s work explores complex issues such as sovereignty, globalization, and borders; digging into Japanese history, it engages universal themes such as nationalism, modernization, and technology’s impact on society. His method lies in dismantling and reconstructing the symbolic images and preconceptions of political and national oppression into organic, mutable forms.Back: Project God-zilla 2025 The Revenant from “El Mare Pacificum”, 2025; Front: Article 9, 1994
Tokyo Diagram, 2024Left: Banzai Container, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Back: Absolute Dud, 2007Nagato 70·l, 2021Atomic Clouds over Ground Zero (Left) From the Ground, Hiroshima, 8:30am, August 6, 1945 (Right) From the Sky, Hiroshima, 8:30am, August 6, 1945 Cyanotype exposed by the sun of 8:30am, August 6, 2024, 2024Nagato x Operation Crossroads “Baker”, July 25, 1946 Cyanotype exposed by the Sun of July 25, 2024, 2024Hinomaru Illumination 2025, 2025Hinomaru Illumination 2025, 2025 *from the backBack: The World Flag Ant Farm 2025, 2025; Front: Wandering Position, 2025
The World Flag Ant Farm 2025 (detail)You could see several living ants in the work.
柳的作品探究主权、全球化、国境等复杂问题,在深掘日本历史的同时,处理民族主义、近代化、科技对社会的影响等普遍主题。他的手法在于,将政治性·国家性压迫的象征意象与成见,解构并重构为有机而易变的形态。后:Project God-zilla 2025 The Revenant from “El Mare Pacificum”, 2025 前:Article 9, 1994
Tokyo Diagram, 2024左:Banzai Container, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025后:Absolute Dud, 2007Nagato 70·l, 2021Atomic Clouds over Ground Zero (Left) From the Ground, Hiroshima, 8:30am, August 6, 1945 (Right) From the Sky, Hiroshima, 8:30am, August 6, 1945 Cyanotype exposed by the sun of 8:30am, August 6, 2024, 2024Nagato x Operation Crossroads “Baker”, July 25, 1946 Cyanotype exposed by the Sun of July 25, 2024, 2024Hinomaru Illumination 2025, 2025Hinomaru Illumination 2025, 2025 ※背面后:The World Flag Ant Farm 2025, 2025 前:Wandering Position, 2025
Wandering Position – Monomorium Minimum and Pogonomyrmex, 1997
야나기 유키노리 「ICARUS」
야나기 유키노리의 개인전 「ICARUS」에 다녀왔습니다. 전시장은 이탈리아 밀라노의 Pirelli HangarBicocca입니다.피렐리 항가르비코카(Pirelli HangarBicocca)는 이탈리아 대형 타이어 제조사 피렐리社가 2004년에 설립한 현대미술 센터입니다. 피렐리社는 문화 활동 지원을 기업의 사회적 책임(CSR)의 일환으로 자리매김하고, 현대미술 보급과 지역 사회 공헌을 목적으로 입장료를 무료로 하고 있습니다.전시실은 크게 3개. 야나기의 개인전은 「navate」라는 전시실에서 열리고 있었습니다.「ICARUS」는 야나기 유키노리의 유럽 첫 대규모 회고전으로, 1990년대부터 2000년대의 대표작에 더해 근년의 작품도 전시되어 있습니다. 대규모 설치가 옛 공장의 광대한 공간에서 재구성되어, 내셔널리즘, 통치 기구, 현대 사회의 역설과 같은 주제에 새로운 시점을 제공합니다.
야나기의 작품은 주권, 글로벌라이제이션, 국경과 같은 복잡한 문제를 탐구하며, 일본의 역사를 파고들면서 내셔널리즘과 근대화, 테크놀로지가 사회에 미치는 영향 같은 보편적 주제를 다룹니다. 그의 방법은 정치적·국가적 억압의 상징적 이미지와 선입견을 유기적이고 변화하기 쉬운 형태로 해체하고 재구축하는 데 있습니다.안쪽: Project God-zilla 2025 The Revenant from “El Mare Pacificum”, 2025 / 앞쪽: Article 9, 1994
Tokyo Diagram, 2024왼쪽: Banzai Container, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025Icarus Container 2025, 2025안쪽: Absolute Dud, 2007Nagato 70·l, 2021Atomic Clouds over Ground Zero (Left) From the Ground, Hiroshima, 8:30am, August 6, 1945 (Right) From the Sky, Hiroshima, 8:30am, August 6, 1945 Cyanotype exposed by the sun of 8:30am, August 6, 2024, 2024Nagato x Operation Crossroads “Baker”, July 25, 1946 Cyanotype exposed by the Sun of July 25, 2024, 2024Hinomaru Illumination 2025, 2025Hinomaru Illumination 2025, 2025 ※뒷면안쪽: The World Flag Ant Farm 2025, 2025 / 앞쪽: Wandering Position, 2025
The World Flag Ant Farm 2025 ※부분작품에는 살아 있는 개미가 몇 마리 보였습니다.