Kohei Nawa at his Recent Works exhibition at Pace Gallery, in Central, Hong Kong. “My ‘PixCell’ artworks explore humanity – the human sensibility – and how it is developed by technology,” the 43-year-odl Japanese artist says. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
How technology distorts nature: Kohei Nawa’s art for the information age – so tactile you want to feel it
- Japanese artist’s stuffed animals encrusted in glass balls are a mesmerising commentary on society’s obsession with viewing the world in pixelated form
- On display in his first solo Hong Kong show, the works and others, such as his throne made from blades, explore the contrasts between nature and artificiality
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Kohei Nawa at his Recent Works exhibition at Pace Gallery, in Central, Hong Kong. “My ‘PixCell’ artworks explore humanity – the human sensibility – and how it is developed by technology,” the 43-year-odl Japanese artist says. Photo: Xiaomei Chen