Kohei Nawa

In his artwork Kohei Nawa deals with the question about seeing things in a new light. Everyday objects are coated for example with a layer of transparent glass beads. The glass beads give a new skin to the pieces and convert them into an abstract new object. By covering up the everyday objects the artist motivates an intensive interaction between the spectators and the objects asking about the object's fun­damental existence. He is playing with illusions and the spectator's perception regarding a new reception of reality.

Force (2015)

»Force« is an installation operating with such physical phenomena as gravity and inertia. The force of gravity is visualized through the inter­action between gravity and a liquid with carefully computed qualities. In the installation, black silicone oil, engineered in the studio to achieve the required viscosity, streams continuously from the ceiling to the floor, where a pool of black rain forms. By blurring the distinction between the characteristics of solids and liquids, this conveys the impression of a sculpture transformed into a liquid – and vice versa. Through this visualization of an on-going moment, »Force« inspires the awareness that we are caught within time, space, and materiality at every present moment.