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Title
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Simon Fujiwara, new work
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Description
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Update 1 May 2022: Kunstinstituut Melly is pleased to offer on sale a new limited edition by Simon Fujiwara. Proceeds generated from the sale of these works partly go to the artist; partly towards future exhibitions at Kunstinstituut Melly.
For his first solo exhibition in the Netherlands, artist Simon Fujiwara presents a large body of works on paper centered around his creation of an original cartoon character, Who the Bær. Fujiwara began drawing and collaging versions of his bear during the first 2020 lockdown in Berlin, developing the concept of a contemporary subject that exists as a ‘total image searching for a self in the world of images’. Who the Bær since developed into a large-scale project manifesting in drawings, collages, sculptures, animations and animatronics. Taking a cartoon subject as a simplified lens to look at image culture, Fujiwara’s absurdist creations reflect on the complex mechanisms of defining a self in an image-dominated world. For this exhibition, the artist returns to the origins of his project presenting a personal archive of over 100 drawings and ‘thinking works.’ Together, they show the various ways the artist uses Who as a cartoon avatar through which to explore the pleasures and traumas, violence and joys of life in the mediated modern world. Who the Bær can also be followed via their Instagram account @whothebaer.
Participants
Simon Fujiwara
Curators
Rosa de Graaf
Series
SOLO DUETS
Supported By
AMMODO, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, and Goethe Institut Rotterdam
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Identifier
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KIM-EXH-26
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21_2
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Type
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Exhibition
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Date
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2021-04-09/2021-09-12
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Temporal Coverage
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2021
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Publisher
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Kunstinstituut Melly
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Spatial Coverage
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Rotterdam
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Language
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en
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Is Part Of
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Exhibition history
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SOLO DUETS
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Rights Holder
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Kunstinstituut Melly
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Creator
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Simon Fujiwara
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Contributor
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Rosa de Graaf
Simon Fujiwara, new work 
Simon Fujiwara, new work — image 005 Exhibition overview Simon Fujiwara, new work, 2021, at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam. Photographer: Kristien Daem.
Simon Fujiwara, new work — image 004 Exhibition overview Simon Fujiwara, new work, 2021, at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam. Photographer: Kristien Daem.
Simon Fujiwara, new work — image 003 Exhibition overview Simon Fujiwara, new work, 2021, at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam. Photographer: Kristien Daem.
Simon Fujiwara, new work — image 002 Exhibition overview Simon Fujiwara, new work, 2021, at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam. Photographer: Kristien Daem.
Simon Fujiwara, new work — image 001 Exhibition overview Simon Fujiwara, new work, 2021, at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam. Photographer: Kristien Daem.