Shimabuku

Air de Paris

An installation view of a white walled gallery with glossy pale gray floors, exposed ventilation ducts, and florescent lights on the ceiling. Two large black and white paintings of cows are hung in the gallery space surrounded by photographs and mounted video monitors on the walls behind. The cows are shown from the front. We can see their heads, chests and front legs. Their hooves are barely touching the floor. The paintings have been cut out along their outline.

Another installation view of a white walled gallery with glossy pale gray floors and exposed ducks and florescent lights on the ceiling. An installation view of a white walled gallery with glossy pale gray floors, exposed ventilation ducts, and florescent lights on the ceiling. Two large black and white paintings of cows are hung in the gallery space. On the wall behind them, we can see a video monitor on mounted the wall. The cows are shown from the front. We can see their heads, chests and front legs. Their hooves are barely touching the floor. The paintings have been cut out along their outline. On our right, a text on the wall reads "Lets Make Cows Fly!"

A tighter image of an installation view of a white walled gallery with two large black and white paintings of cows hanging in front of a video monitor. We can see their heads, chests and front legs. Their hooves are barely touching the floor. The paintings have been cut out along their outline. After zooming, in we can see that the video shows a still of a cow-shaped kite flying above a pasture of grazing cows on a cloudy day.

A wider image of an installation view of a white walled gallery with two large black and white cows hung with a video monitor behind. The cows are shown from the front, and we can see their heads, chests, and front legs. The paintings of cows have been cut out along their outline. After zooming in we can see that the video shows a still of a cow shaped kite flying above a pasture of grazing cows on a cloudy day. On our left is a horizontally oriented photograph showing a person flying a cow-shaped kite. A real cow is on a grassy hill beside them.

A tighter view of one of the cow kites with the video monitor showing the cow-shaped kite flying mounted on the wall behind. After zooming in, we can see that the cow hanging from the gallery ceiling by string is painted on plastic. The paint is applied thinly. This cow has bold black and white markings on its horns, ears and chest.

Another view of the cow painting in the last image with the video monitor on the wall behind. The video appears to be taken on a cloudy day or at dusk. The hill behind the cow-shaped kite is dark, and we can see the silhouettes of shrubs and grazing cows against a pale gray sky.

A tighter view of one of the cow paintings which appears to the  kites. After zooming in we can see that the cow hanging from the gallery ceiling by string is painted on plastic. The paint is applied thinly. This cow has bold black and white markings on its horns, ears and chest.

A tighter view of the other cow-shaped kite hanging from the gallery ceiling. This cow is primarily black with white socks, nose and a white blob on its forehead.

An installation view of a corner of the gallery. On our left, we can see a wall text and on our right a poster. After zooming, the text on our left reads in French and English, "One day, I visited the Asahikawa river bank in Okayama, which was my mother’s hometown.<br>I used to play with the swan boat there when I was child. The same swan boat was still there. And nothing changed in 40 years! While the swan boat had stayed on the same small stretch of river, I was traveling all over the world. I decided to take the swan boat to the sea." The poster on our right shows a small swan boat heading into a large delta or opening of the sea. The text reads, "Swan Goes to the Sea 2012 &amp; 2014 Okayama, Japan". Below this text it reads, "Part 1: 4 min 48 sec. Part 2: 6 min 30 sec."

An installation view of a small gallery room tinted blue from the projection on the far wall. The video still shows a swan boat in blue water against a blue sky, with a small town on the bank in the distance. The water and boat and sky are reflected on the glossy gallery floor. Three people are in the swan boat wearing bright life jackets.

An installation view from the same gallery as the last image, with the video projection filling the entire back wall. In this video still, the swan boat is on silvery blue water. The waves seem higher than in the previous image. All signs of the river bank are gone, and there are low mountains in the distance below a pale cream sky with high gray, blue clouds.

ShimabukuSwan Goest to the Sea / Let’s Make Cows Fly!Air de Paris

Exhibition Images

ShimabukuSwan Goest to the Sea / Let’s Make Cows Fly!
Air de Paris