Mari Ishikawa

Artist Statement

RE:BIRTH 0-1 To disappear, and to remain in memory. The former, it seems like the fate that nature imposes on all living things, while the latter would seem to be a countermeasure derived by humans living this destiny. But the relationship between the two is not that simple, and could even be the other way around. Nether 0 or 1: a non binary view of life and death. Corals that have died due to the deterioration of the marine environment. The thing that have lost their life become object. The shape of these „living thing“ was digitized and reborn using recycled plastic made from the trash that took their life. Object bone from memory made new story by becoming jewellery. Could this really be called rebirth? When it is touched as jewelry, it spins a new story. In fact, this may be called true rebirth

Curriculum Vitae

Mari Ishikawa, born in Kyoto, Japan, lives and works in Munich, Germany. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich with Prof. Otto Künzli, she held solo exhibitions in more than 20 countries in Europe, America and Asia. She received art awards such as 2016 by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, Germany, and 2012 The Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, Pittsburg, USA, etc. Her works are collected in Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Great Britain, MAD (The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA), and Die Neue Sammlung (The Design Museum, Munich, Germany), etc.

Title: 
REBIRTH-Light

Kind: 
Brooch