Sculpture that like a pillar of ice looks as if white resin were going to trickle down at any moment, mural drawings that bear the silhouette of an aerial continent, and more. Teppei Kaneuji's work poses a visual riddle that upsets the boundaries between movement and invariability, between substance and illusion.
Using collage and bricollage techniques, in other words, pasting and assembling a mishmash of objects together, Kaneuji says, “I want to create something you feel you’ve seen before, but don’t understand.” In the process, Kaneuji creates an as-yet-unknown form of plastic art that incorporates familiar objects like magazine clippings, plastic manufactured goods, and wood. These works of art stimulate the viewer with a cross between pleasant childhood memories of being engrossed with a particular game and complex amalgamated images with evocative intellectual associations.
The artist’s first exploration into large-scale animated installation and an enormous installation piece reaching over 10m in length stand in the ending of a dynamic exhibit that feels like stepping into a fully mature and vital jungle.