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Yasumasa Morimura, Ego Obscura

Exhibition
In Person
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, United States of America

Date: Oct. 12, 2018 – Jan. 13, 2019

Time: noon – 7 p.m.



Yasumasa MorimuraEgo Obscura highlights Morimura's 30-year-long project of excavating "the self" from layers of art history, Japanese postwar history, and personal history. 
In addition to major photographic self-portraits, for which Morimura transformed himself into iconic artistic and pop culture figures, the exhibition will also feature the U.S. premiere of the artist's first full-length video work, Egó Sympósion (2016) and his latest cinematic installation Egó Obscura (2018), in conjunction with a live performance, Morimura’s Nippon Cha Cha Cha!, staged by the artist on the opening weekend.

For more information, please visit the event site here.


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