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Size 120 × 150 cm
Medium Modern Rug
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by Shigeki Matsuyama

Portrait of Dazzle

A portrait is a depiction of a specific individual. It became an established style of painting during the Renaissance, and since then, many artists have created portraits with a wide variety of themes. Some portraits have pursued realism while others have emphasized or exaggerated the beauty or ugliness of their subjects. The series Portrait of dazzle uses facial photos found among the countless selfies and snaps uploaded on the Internet. With a video projector, the eyes from the photos were projected and traced onto a silhouette of another person, whose race, sex, hairstyle, or body shape differs from those of the original, thereby creating portraits reflecting anonimity and the uncertain veracity of information on the Internet. By using photographs uploaded online, this series makes viewers realize that the eyes shown may belong to people they know or even themselves and brings to attention growing social issues like digital tattoos and deepfakes.

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Shigeki Matsuyama

From 1998, Shigeki Matsuyama worked as a freelance illustrator creating product illustrations and advertising. Immediately following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Matsuyama held a solo exhibition in Tokyo called UNEASINESS. This inspired him to deviate from his 13-year career as an illustrator and begin working as an artist so that he could create more conceptual work. Currently, he is working not only on tableaus, but also on objects and installations. When he’s creating, he often takes inspiration from the things around him; things like a sense of unease and distrust towards media like the Internet and TV, reactions towards them, and their effects, for example. The theme that runs throughout his works is that of modern people. He takes a pictorial approach to the changes brought about in the lives of modern people through the spread of smartphones and the Internet — and their effects on our consciousness — and expresses those ideas through his work.
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