Leiko Ikemura: When Animals Become Art

Fuerle Collection, Berlin, Germany

Overview
Installation view of the second Silk Room exhibition. ‘’When Animals Become Art. Leiko Ikemura at The Feuerle Collection, Berlin, Germany.‘’, 2023. Photos: Wai Kung
Installation view of the second Silk Room exhibition. ‘’When Animals Become Art. Leiko Ikemura at The Feuerle Collection, Berlin, Germany.‘’, 2023. Photos: Wai Kung
A selection of works by the Japanese-Swiss artist Leiko Ikemura, realised between 1990 and 2022, will be juxtaposed to personal cuddly toys collected by the artist, immersed in a refined, dreamlike light scenery, specially designed by Désiré Feuerle for the installation at The Feuerle Collection.

The exhibition will symbolically bring into being an intimate and colourful nest, where precious animal sculptures, made of cast glass, glazed terracotta, patinated bronze or papier-mâché, will interact with small plush creatures from a cosy domestic environment.

 

Being one of the recurring themes chosen by Ikemura throughout her entire body of work, the representation of animals and animal-hybrids will carry the viewers into a secret world, leaving the door open for our fantasy to read possible symbols, metaphors, and enigmatic references to Japanese legends, and into the vibrant, pulsating creations of the artist.

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