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.
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."
John T. Carpenter
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John T. Carpenter
Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art
Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art
Photography by Karin L. Willis
© Kohei Nawa
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Kohei Nawa
2011