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Robert Breer, Paul Chan, Martha Colburn, Thomas Demand, Edison Manufacturing Company, Fleischer Studios, Brent Green, George Griffin, Ezra Johnson, Bill T. Jones and OpenEnded Group, William Kentridge, Avish Khebrehzadeh, Laleh Khorramian, Maria Lassnig, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Joshua Mosley, Oscar Muñoz, Jacco Olivier, Raymond Pettibon, Robert Pruitt, Christine Rebet, Mary Reid Kelley, Lotte Reiniger, Robin Rhode, Hiraki Sawa, Berni Searle, Cindy Sherman, Federico Solmi, Dziga Vertov, Kara Walker- Hiraki Sawa
- Airliner, 2003
- Video; 3 minutes
Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan Gallery, New York
ABOUT THIS WORK
In Hiraki Sawa’s Airliner, airplanes glide gracefully across the pages of an open blank book as a hand turns the pages at a varying speed. This action recalls a flip book, yet, in Sawa’s work, the airplanes are digitally inscribed rather than hand-drawn. The density of airplanes and their continual movement suggests both global transit and ominous congestion. Yet, the fleet of planes also conveys the sense of an aerial show, layering Sawa’s imagery with a sense of entertainment and play.
ABOUT HIRAKI SAWA
Hiraki Sawa was born in Ishikawa, Japan, in 1977 and lives and works in London. In 2003, he earned an MA in sculpture from the Slade School of Fine Art in London after receiving a BFA in sculpture from the University of East London in 2000. Well known for creating his films in his own apartment, Sawa transforms domestic interiors into settings for musings on the mechanics of motion and fantastically surreal events. Using hand-drawn and digital animation techniques, Sawa amplifies the mundane, breathing life into static objects. Solo exhibitions and screenings of Sawa’s work have been shown at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; the Hammer Museum; the Frist Center for the Arts, Nashville; and the Hayward Gallery in London.