Soshiro Matsubara

Portrait of Alma Mahler, 2020153 x 30 x 30cmPrice on Request

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Glazed ceramics, artificial hair, wood, fabricCroy NielsenVienna

Description

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The artwork features a ghostly, disembodied mannequin head with striking red, curly hair displayed on a stand draped in a beige cloth. The overall composition creates an eerie, surreal atmosphere, with the contrast between the vibrant hair and muted fabric drawing the viewer's focus. The minimalist style and use of only a few key elements suggest a conceptual approach, perhaps exploring themes of identity, fragmentation, or the blurred line between the physical and the ethereal. The work's stark yet captivating presentation invites the viewer to ponder the artist's underlying message or intention behind this unusual and thought-provoking installation. ...

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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. ...