Leiko Ikemura

In Japanese, the word usagi means "rabbits" and "hares," but it also suggests a talismanic being that has the ability to "jump from edge to edge / and break the established linear system." Having migrated from Japan to Europe, first Spain and then Switzerland and Germany, Japanese artist Leiko Ikemura finds it familiar to jump into new languages and worlds, and explore new environments. Thus, his exhibition for the Museo de Arte de Zapopan conjures up a fantastic world based on dynamism in which the multiplicity of forms that are manifested in his work cross biographical, geographical, cultural and artistic borders in relation to media, motives and groups. of work.

On the top floor of the MAZ, oil paintings, watercolors and sculptures find refuge

Temporary in the Project Room. In ceramics of different formats, of strange creatures, animal ears sprout, heads are transformed into plant and animal shapes, and mountains and lakes are resolved into children's faces and bodies. At the same time, in the Lola Álvarez Bravo Room, the live night video (2022) will be presented projected on the curved wall as part of a set of islands, which together with a large recumbent sculptural head, can be inhabited by visitors.

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Curated by Viviana Kuri Haddad