Simone Fujiwara's 'Figures in a Landscape' at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf

Kunsthalle Dusseldorf presents the first major solo show by British Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara (born 1982), which will run through March 5, 2017 in Dusseldorf.Elements of the con­struc­tion and rep­re­sen­ta­tion of iden­ti­ty, his­to­ry, and sto­ries are central to Fu­ji­wara’s oeu­vre, which comprises video and per­for­mance works as well as sculp­tures. The artist ex­am­ines things that sur­round us every day, bringing the fic­tion­al into the seemingly fac­tu­al to light with an astonishing in­ci­sive­ness. He then adapts dom­i­nant pic­to­ri­al con­ven­tions and aes­thet­ics from mar­ket­ing and ad­ver­tis­ing, pop cul­ture, and so­cial me­dia, on­ly to un­der­mine them later from the in­side or re­veal the am­biva­lences in­her­ent in them through sub­tle al­ter­ations.The exhibition is on view at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Grabbepl. 4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany. For details, visit: http://www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.deClick on the Slideshow for a sneak peek of the exhibition.