Yoshihiro Kikuchi 菊地良博

Kikuchi’s works focuses on ‘deconstructing specific human characteristics’. Making drawings converted from authorless erotic novels without any subjective judgement of the artist, his work explores our limited perception using shocking photos of corps or porn. In contrast to those works, Kikuchi also examines his subjective beliefs and sensory perceptions with collages using found objects and paintings. Kikuchi has been presenting works that coherently verify his theme from every aspect, from material and the creating process, to its image.

Kikuchi said that to deconstruct the terms “DEAD” “LANGUAGE” “DOXA” “PORN” as a subject of specific human characteristics is a way to deny human nature and to deeply commit to one of human’s most advanced forms of idea, art.

Yoshihiro Kikuchi was born in 1980 in Miyagi and currently works in Miyagi and Tokyo. Recent exhibitions includes “VOCA”, Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo, 2016) “process” CMAE (Asturias, 2015) “Solo exhibition” AUTOCENTER (Berlin, 2015) “GoldenEyes” AISHONANZUKA (Hong Kong, 2015) “Ethical Split/ Aesrhetic Void" AISHONANZUKA (Hong Kong, 2013).

菊地的作品集中探討「人類特性的解構」。從佚名情色小說轉化為不帶個人主觀思想地創作繪畫，他的作品開啓了觀者對駭人屍體及色情照片的另一觀感。相對之下，菊池亦運用拼貼現成物和繪畫的方式審視自己的個人信念及感知，從作品的物料選取、創作過程及圖像展示等各方面中均清晰體現了展覽主題。

菊地認為解構人類特性的關鍵詞：「DEAD」、「LANGUAGE」、「DOXA」、「PORN」，是對人性本質的否定方式，亦是對人類其一最高層面的思考形式――「藝術」之投入途徑。

菊地良博，1980年生於日本宮城縣，現於宮城及東京工作。近期展覽包括：《VOCA》（上野之森美術館，東京，日本，2016）；《process》（CMAE，阿斯圖里亞斯，西班牙，2015）；《Solo exhibition》（AUTOCENTER，柏林，德國，2015）；《GoldenEyes》（AISHONANZUKA，香港，2015）；《Ethical Split/ Aesrhetic Void》（AISHONANZUKA，香港，2013）

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