The work of Nao Matsumoto involves a place that is both near and far, and a place that has been neglected. It is a world that can only be grasped as an image. This place does not exist geographically, instead it is a pile of almost forgotten half-hidden objects, impossible to grasp, carefully selected from a multitude of modest items that are difficult to move. Its space is not defined by concepts, theories, definitions, or natural science, but is a polyvalent existence filled with metaphors, stories, poems, dreams, memories, ambiguity and contradiction. It exists on the time axis extending itself from past to present. It is a personal place far removed from the awareness of natural science, where Matsumoto delves into the I of subjectivity and where experiences take on the universe. |
