Hiraki Sawa

Memorial Park Area

Born in Ishikawa prefecture in 1977. He received his BFA from the University of East London and his MFA from the Slade School of Art at University College London 2003. He lives in London. By combining images, 3D and 2D works, and developing a space / time installation composed of them, he expresses his own world view. From the repetitive movement that goes back and forth between one's own memory and the memory of others, he is developing a group of works that sheds light on a specific motif and raises a certain kind of universality and fragility and nostalgia. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Museo Universidad de Navarra , Spain, 2019;Kanagawa Arts Theater, Japan, 2018;Tokyo Opera City gallery, Japan, 2014; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada, 2014, and so on. His works are included in the public collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, US; Art Gallery of New South Wales,Sydney, AU; the National International Museum, Osaka, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan; Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom, and so on.

Artwork Number :: B5

Title :: Gensouko ’The Butterfly Dream’ 2022

Year of Production :: 2022

Hiraki Sawa
Gensouko “The Butterfly Dream” 2022, 2022

Hiraki Sawa’s installations convey his unique worldview through videos, sculptures, and two-dimensional works. “I don’t know when it started, but I came to think that this world is made up of illusions. Illusion is a very delicate and extremely dynamic state that can only be established as a result of the will or strong desire to believe in the imagination. And I wonder if illusion is like a kind of natural phenomenon, like fog, that emerges from one’s own imagination and desires.” (Hiraki Sawa)

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Hiraki Sawa
fantasmagoria
2017
Reborn-Art Festival 2017
Hiraki Sawa
Fish Story
2017
Oku-Noto Triennale

トップへもどる

Reborn-Art Festival 2021-22
Second Term
Altruism and Fluidity

［ Period ］

August 20 (SAT) – October 2 (SUN), 2022
*Closed on August 24 (WED),
September 7 (WED), 14 (WED)

［ Venue ］

Ishinomaki City
(Central Ishinomaki,
Memorial Park area, Watanoha),

Oshika Peninsula
(Momonoura-Oginohama, Ayukawa)

in Miyagi Prefecture

［ Viewing Times ］

Ishinomaki City area
10:00 - 17:00 (final admission at 16:30)

Oshika Peninsula area

Weekdays
10:00 - 16:00
(final admission at 15:30)

Saturdays, Sundays,
Public holidays
10:00 - 17:00
(final admission at 16:30)

*Hours may differ depending on the facility and work.

［ Organizers ］

Reborn-Art Festival Executive Committee
ap bank

［ Co-organizers ］

Miyagi Prefecture /
Ishinomaki City /
Shiogama City /
Higashimatsushima City /
Matsushima Town /
Onagawa Town /
Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. /
JR East-Sendai

［ Grant ］ The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal ［ Special sponsor ］
［ Sponsors ］: EXELCO DIAMOND

［ Supporters ］

Tohoku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. /
Sendai Television Incorporated /
Miyagi Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. /
HIGASHINIPPON BROADCASTING CO., LTD. /
Sendai FM BROADCASTING, INC.

［ Special cooperation ］

Reborn-Art Festival Ishinomaki Executive Committee

［ Cooperation ］

Ishinomaki Mill, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
SEINO TRANSPORTATION CO., LTD.
Ishinomaki Senshu University
HOUEI CONSTRUCTION
FSX, Inc.
Yumeminosato

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Hiraki Sawa

Gensouko ’The Butterfly Dream’ 2022

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