Soshiro Matsubara

Engagement, Tolerance and Hospitality, 201965 x 27 x 42cmPrice on Request

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Glazed ceramics, rabbit fur, polyester, metal, wood, epoxy clay, leather, oil paintCroy NielsenVienna

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The image depicts a striking contemporary sculpture featuring a nude figure with vibrant purple hair and distinct facial features. The overall composition creates a dynamic and expressive pose, with the figure appearing to reach upwards in a gesture of defiance or liberation. The use of contrasting textures, such as the smooth skin and the furry accents, adds depth and visual interest to the piece. The artwork seems to explore themes of identity, physicality, and the human form, inviting the viewer to engage with its bold and unconventional style. The artist's intention may be to challenge traditional artistic conventions and provoke a response from the audience. ...

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Artist

Soshiro Matsubara

1980 , Japanese

Soshiro Matsubara’s work is concerned with eroticism, desire, the lewd and the absurd. During an artistic process that begins with the accumulation of old magazine snippets and antiques, he pieces together assembled sculptures made from glazed ceramics, depictions of estranged or deranged lovers entwined. Much of Matsubara’s work has focused on Oskar Kokoschka and his bizarre and turbulent relationship with Alma Mahler, which saw him commission a life-sized doll of his ex-lover, a physical manifestation of his lovesickness and desperation. Matsubara says that he is attracted to the obsession, attachment, weirdness and humour of the story. Through the installations and paintings that Kokoschka’s love affair inspired, Matsubara raises questions of simulation, stimulation and the uncanny. ...

Soshiro Matsubara: Artworks

Soshiro MatsubaraKiss painting XVI, 2019Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night XVII (Marguerite), 2020Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night XXII (Le nid), 2021Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night XXIV (Tête de Méduse), 2021Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLovers (Oskar Kokoschka & Alma Mahler), 2016Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraEngagement, Tolerance and Hospitality, 2018Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraEngagement, Tolerance and Hospitality, 2019Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraThe Caresses, 2020Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraPortrait of Alma Mahler, 2020Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraKiss XXI, 2020Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraKiss XXII, 2020Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraA Tale of Romance, 2020Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraUntitled, 2021Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraKiss XXIV, 2021Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraUntitled, 2021Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night XXXII, 2021Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night XXI (La fiancée), 2021Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLove Sick, 2021Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night LIX, 2024Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night XLIX, 2024Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night XLI, 2024Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night XLVIII, 2024Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraLast Night (LX), 2024Price on Request

Soshiro MatsubaraYou, who are alive, are always far away and keep me alive, 202216000 EUR

Soshiro MatsubaraCoordinates for spring so long ago that you forgot about it.it.,, 20233500 EUR

Gallery

Croy Nielsen

Vienna

In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...