THEFALLOFTHEBERLINWALL
2020Dated Titled
Size
17 x 22.80 in
Year
2020
Medium
Drawings
Reference
87aa9b3d
Watercolor on paper.
1969 Cologne, Germany
Kota Ezawa, (1969 Cologne, studied with Nam June Paik) a German-Japanese artist living in San Francisco and Berlin reworks mostly found images from popular culture, film and art history by reducing them to flat digital images. For this, he removes superfluous details and deliberately opts for a simplified version that is easily recognizable but remains effective. This is the result of a preoccupation with human visual and memory behavior and their influence on the viewer. The way in which images influence our experience and shape our memory is Kota Ezawa's main intention with regard to his art. His work is interdisciplinary and finds its expression in different media.
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Address
Frankfurt am Main, Braubachstrasse 9
The gallery opened in Darmstadt in 1995 and moved to Frankfurt in 1998. There it operated an additional video room, where for 17 years the promotion of video art was the main focus, parallel to the gallery exhibitions. In 2015, the gallery moved its exhibition space to the city center to give it greater visibility. Furthermore, the gallery follows the deve...
