PixCell-Deer#24
Kohei Nawa Japanese
Kohei Nawa has transformed this taxidermied deer through the application of glass beads called “PixCells,” a term the artist invented that conflates the idea of a pixel (the smallest unit of a digital image) with a biological cell. Perhaps intentionally, Kohei evokes a type of Japanese religious painting known as the Kasuga Deer Mandala, in which a deer is similarly posed with its head turned to the side and a round mirror on its back. Deer were understood to be messengers for Shinto deities and were closely associated with the Kasuga Shrine, in Nara.
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