
EYES
- Publisher
- Akaaka Art Publishing
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 978-4-903545-22-6
- Specifications
- Softcover
297 x 210 mm
64 pages
English translation of text by the artist
Art direction by N/T WORKS
The first collection of the artist Hiroshi Nomura, Eyes announces itself as a book of art works. The works are colour photographs of everyday scenes to which two simple black-and-white plastic eyes have been added: am I seeing, or being seen? When eyes are attached to everything, daily life is turned over and another dimension shows its face, a fantasy for adults that tosses the viewer around and draws them into Nomura's world. This small gesture makes something like a drinking glass look just a little different, and it becomes impossible to see it as just a glass. An external hard drive seems to lurk next to a nearby monitor and desktop computer, while a blade of grass turns into a strange sort of insect. Daido Moriyama wrote of finding himself surrounded by countless eyeballs, in an afternoon of mescaline and a night of adrenaline, innocent playtime for Nomura. Eyes is a thoroughly playful work.