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I put priority on such artists who focus on the world of "oblivion" and who consider placing themselves into the world of "oblivion" as fundamental to their attitude for their expression.

Yasumasa Morimura
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I first wrote down all the phenomena that have emerged in contemporary society that I thought were related to this theme ["sea of oblivion"], and the…

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I planned the exhibition so that it becomes a story where the viewer travels through these islands [of ideas]. Whether the contents of each chapter c…

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"Art is the ability to turn one's gaze to the world of oblivion." This is the way in which I understand art at fundamental level.

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To think about "oblivion" is to think about "what art is".

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Even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were entertainers. In that way, I am an entertainer and want to make art that is fun.

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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 obli…

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