By putting a border line between life and death, we separate the world of death from our world of life, casting the dead away into the "world of oblivion". — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about placing a… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
Even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were entertainers. In that way, I am an entertainer and want to make art that is fun. — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
I planned the exhibition so that it becomes a story where the viewer travels through these islands [of ideas]. Whether the contents of each… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
I have always thought that it would be nice to not complete the exhibition in one place and close off the others as a… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury raised cautions against mass media, especially the television, which dumb down human sensibilities and coerce everybody's thoughts into a single uniform value, allowing human to forget the fundamental action of "having one's opinion". As a result, the society deteriorates. I decided to exhibit [Edward] Kienholz's work which features television as its subject, as well as… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share
The artists could be dead, but some of them are not so distant from us, and make us feel as if they are alive… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
Of course, the process of curating is different from art making. Exhibition-making is a process that involves collaboration with various participating artists. — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
Of course, I, like the sponsoring government, would like to have as many people as possible visit Yokohama Triennale. This is because I believe… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
I was worried that I, the artist Morimura, would have conflicts with the participating artists and develop a strenuous relationship with them. But the actual experience was completely the opposite. The artists accepted my requests rather positively, because it came from a fellow artist. I strongly feel that the fact that my being an artist avoided the usual curator vs… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share
"Triennale in the City" is a scheme that is of priority for the sponsoring local government. For many local governments, revitalization is an important… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
I put priority on such artists who focus on the world of "oblivion" and who consider placing themselves into the world of "oblivion" as… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
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