Who is le Désespéré?

Simon Fujiwara

Who is le Désespéré?, 2022134.4 x 116.4cmSign in to view price
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charcoal, pastel and inkjet print on canvasDvir Gallery
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The visual elements of this contemporary artwork feature vibrant colors, bold shapes, and a striking composition. The central subject appears to be a human face, with expressive features and distinctive elements like a taped mouth. The overall style has a playful, surrealistic quality, with abstract shapes and patterns framing the central figure. The artist's distinctive technique, which appears to blend painting and collage, adds a unique, layered effect to the piece. The work likely reflects the artist's intention to explore themes of expression, identity, or societal norms, though the exact context and meaning are open to interpretation. ...

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Simon Fujiwara
Artist
Simon Fujiwara
B.1982, British

Simon Fujiwara’s work is intrinsically performative and interdisciplinary. His installations combine photography, film, painting, and sculpture, as he traverses his own personal biography in relation to wider thematics of history, memory, colonialism, and sexuality. The artist frequently draws on his mixed British and Japanese heritage and his experiences of living between Japan, Europe, and Africa as a child. This was an incredibly formative period for Fujiwara, as he was made aware of the hypocrisy and precarities which run throughout different cultures and the consequential similarities between different countries. With a degree in architecture, Fujiwara frequently includes these skills in his exhibitions. For example, in his ongoing project Welcome to the Hotel Munber (2006-), he built an elaborate set of his Family’s hotel and bar in 1970s Fascist Spain, reconfiguring it as an underground site for queer happenings. This piece has since been animated by performative lectures and publications, travelling to multiple locations in its nearly twenty-year history. Other durational pieces include his Who bear series (2020-), in which he created a cartoon character, a bear called “Who”, who tackles pressing questions concerning contemporary art institutions and broader issues of transnational politics. While existing in a distinctly tongue and cheek, absurdist arena, Fujiwara’s works continue to occupy a hard-hitting, darkly humorous space. ...

Simon Fujiwara: Artworks
Fabulous Beasts (Great depression mink)
Simon Fujiwara
Fabulous Beasts (Great depression mink), 2016
150 x 100 x 2.3cm
Fabulous Beasts (Morning Fox)
Simon Fujiwara
Fabulous Beasts (Morning Fox), 2015
130 x 110 x 2cm
Ich (Trio Shorty)
Simon Fujiwara
Ich (Trio Shorty), 2015
45 x 69 x 44.5cm
Lactose/Intolerance (Double Portrait)
Simon Fujiwara
Lactose/Intolerance (Double Portrait), 2014
193 x 162.5 x 5cm
Masks (Merkel)
Simon Fujiwara
Masks (Merkel), 2015
62.5 x 105.4 x 4.5cm
Who's Identity Dive? (Natural Patterns)
Simon Fujiwara
Who's Identity Dive? (Natural Patterns), 2022
140 x 130cm
Ambassadors
Simon Fujiwara
Ambassadors, 2023
207 x 207 x 8.5cm
Who is le Désespéré?
Simon Fujiwara
Who is le Désespéré?, 2022
134.4 x 116.4cm
Who are the Flowers? (S6)
Simon Fujiwara
Who are the Flowers? (S6), 2023
40.7 x 40.7 x 7.5cm
Who are the flowers? (S14)
Simon Fujiwara
Who are the flowers? (S14), 2023
72.5 x 72.5 x 7.5cm
Who are the flowers? (S16)
Simon Fujiwara
Who are the flowers? (S16), 2023
72.5 x 72.5 x 7.5cm
Who Are the Flowers (S22)
Simon Fujiwara
Who Are the Flowers (S22), 2023
173.5 x 173.5 x 7.5cm
Who is le Désespéré?
Simon Fujiwara
Who is le Désespéré?, 2022
110 x 92 x 2.5cm
Who Porn? (Sexy Selfie)
Simon Fujiwara
Who Porn? (Sexy Selfie), 2023
70 x 98 x 3.5cm
Who's in the Identity Soup? (Race Dilemma)
Simon Fujiwara
Who's in the Identity Soup? (Race Dilemma), 2023
99.6 x 59.6 x 3cm
Dvir Gallery
Gallery
Dvir Gallery
Tel Aviv, Brussels, Paris

Dvir Gallery was founded in 1982 by Dvir Intrator to introduce cutting-edge contemporary Israeli artists. In 1994 the gallery broadened its’ representation to include international artists such as Miroslaw Balka, Marianne Berenhaut, Douglas Gordon, Latifa Echakhch, and Lawrence Weiner in its’ program. In 2013, Dvir Gallery combined its’ 3 separate spaces into a 5-story building, the first of its’ kind in Tel Aviv. In 2016, the gallery opened its first gateway to Europe with a branch in Brussels, which strengthen and developed the existing relationship with the international artistic community. Earlier this year, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the gallery opened a space in Paris, in the heart of the historical Marais District, emphasizing the special ties and connection the gallery has had, since its beginnings, with the French cultural milieu, collaborating with artists, institutions and private collections. ...

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