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PixCell-Deer#24

Kohei Nawa Japanese
2011
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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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 名和晃平作
  • Title: PixCell-Deer#24
  • Artist: Kohei Nawa (Japanese, born 1975)
  • Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
  • Date: 2011
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Mixed media; taxidermied deer with artificial crystal glass
  • Dimensions: H. 80 11/16 in. (205 cm); W. 59 1/16 in. (150 cm); D. 78 3/4 in. (200 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Acquisitions Fund and cGift, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.493a–j
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Kohei Nawa
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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