SHINJI OHMAKI RUSTLE OF EXISTENCE

“Existence” has always been the primary subject that Shinji OHMAKI cares for and probes into in his art practice. Starting with the reflective thoughts on gravity, medium and material, he has constantly searched for the boundary between what is substantial and spiritual, and the self and others. How is one supposed to go about recognizing and pursuing such boundaries? On March 11, 2011, Japan was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. It completely changes people’s values about everything around us that we hold right up to the moment before they wreak havoc upon us. The existence can be so uncertain, and it was when OHMAKI started questioning and thinking about the “uncertainty of existence”.