Bait Obaid Al Shamsi
Part 7 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13 March - 13 May 2013. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa. More than 100 participants.
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drifting through. 2013
Installation, driftwood, sand, old paper, Japanese mineral pigments, glue
The son of a monk, Fumito Urabe is interested in the interaction between Eastern philosophy and contemporary art. He collects found objects and uses them as the basis for installations and drawings. Human beings only own things momentarily. Land, objects, even their bodies do not belong to them forever. Urabe attempts to convey this truth through the objects he collects. The unheard voices of driftwood, stones, paper scraps and other discarded things lead him to create his work. Everything that exists in this world is always in a state of flux, and everyone and everything is connected. His work will leave his hands too and will be placed in the hands of others, eventually becoming ashes and dust.
One of the seven Sharjah Biennial 11 Prizes.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB11 Guidebook
Part 7 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13 March - 13 May 2013. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa. More than 100 participants.