Taro Furukata

Inspired by the ancient Greek paradox “The Ship of Theseus”, Furukata questions whether an object that has been replaced part- by-part is entirely new or is still the same object. His textile series considers life as a continuous flow and focuses on the invisible biological transformations that occur within us. This piece of hand-dyed fabric was made using paint mixed with his daily food, and printed with pictures relating to his research on metabolism and his own family history. A testimony to the ephemerality of human nature, Furutaka’s work also becomes an allegory for the endless bodily processes of cell regeneration and genetic inheritance.

Taro Furukata was born in 1975 in Hiroshima, Japan where he lives and works. He studied Fine Arts at the Weifiensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin. His work has been exhibited at the Japan Foundation (Cologne), Tokyo Wonder Site (Berlin), and Galeria Naprzeciw (Poland). He is included in the Imago Mundi collection “Hiroshima / Nagasaki”.