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How this taxidermy deer covered with crystals changes the way we look at reality

"Your perception of reality, your normal expectations of how you view things, is completely confounded."

"Your perception of reality, your normal expectations of how you view things, is completely confounded."

Curator John Carpenter on PixCell-Deer#24 by Kohei Nawa 名和晃平

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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.

Photography by Karin L. Willis

© Kohei Nawa

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PixCell-Deer#24, Kohei Nawa  Japanese, Mixed media; taxidermied deer with artificial crystal glass, Japan
Kohei Nawa
2011