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Mami Hirano
Maki Fine Arts is pleased to present METAMORPHOSES, a solo exhibition by Mami Hirano. The exhibition will open on November 30 (Sat) and run until January 12 (Sun) 2025. This will be the artist’s second solo show with the gallery.
Hirano is best known for her work, Revive a Unicorn (2014–), an ongoing project that attempts to materialize an imaginary unicorn through elaborate fabrication of its skeleton, organs, muscles, and skin. Equally important as her lifework is METAMORPHOSES (2018–).
In METAMORPHOSES, Hirano CT scans an urn containing the skeletal remains of her deceased dog and 3D prints them as glass or ceramic objects. The work is a practical endeavor to preserve and eternalize the lost life in the actual world. The methods Hirano uses to bring the remains back to existence are pâte de verre, an ancient glasswork technique originating in Mesopotamia, and ceramics. Transformed by her meticulous craft, the objects emerge, as if illuminated from within the deep darkness, as a sublime monument of memory.
The exhibition unveils a new iteration of this ongoing project, expanded with newly introduced processes. The new pieces include X-ray photographs of the remains and a dog-shaped photographic composition consisting of drawings of the dog skull and 3D-printed resin bone parts. Also showcased is a newly created piece inspired by Latin text from the opening of the Roman poet Ovid’s work, from which the project draws its title. We invite you to witness the current state of the project evolving since 2018.
Hirano is best known for her work, Revive a Unicorn (2014–), an ongoing project that attempts to materialize an imaginary unicorn through elaborate fabrication of its skeleton, organs, muscles, and skin. Equally important as her lifework is METAMORPHOSES (2018–).
In METAMORPHOSES, Hirano CT scans an urn containing the skeletal remains of her deceased dog and 3D prints them as glass or ceramic objects. The work is a practical endeavor to preserve and eternalize the lost life in the actual world. The methods Hirano uses to bring the remains back to existence are pâte de verre, an ancient glasswork technique originating in Mesopotamia, and ceramics. Transformed by her meticulous craft, the objects emerge, as if illuminated from within the deep darkness, as a sublime monument of memory.
The exhibition unveils a new iteration of this ongoing project, expanded with newly introduced processes. The new pieces include X-ray photographs of the remains and a dog-shaped photographic composition consisting of drawings of the dog skull and 3D-printed resin bone parts. Also showcased is a newly created piece inspired by Latin text from the opening of the Roman poet Ovid’s work, from which the project draws its title. We invite you to witness the current state of the project evolving since 2018.
Schedule | Nov 30 (Sat) 2024-Jan 12 (Sun) 2025 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://makifinearts.com/en/exhibitions/hirano2024/ | ||||
| Venue | Maki Fine Arts http://www.makifinearts.com/en/ | ||||
| Location | B101, 77-5 Tenjin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0808 | ||||
| Access | 4 minute walk from exit 2 at Kagurazaka Station on the Tozai line, 6 minute walk from exit 2 at Edogawabashi Station on the Yurakucho line, 13 minute walk from exit A1 at Ushigome-kagurazaka Station on the Toei Oedo line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5579-2086 | ||||
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