Labolatory of Art and Form

       only one, only on sunday

この人を見よ

                                       

鬼海弘雄

                              2026 18.04 - 2026 10.05

                                                      日曜のみ開催

 

   

一人と向き合う肖像写真展

 すべての人間は、身体をもって生まれてくる。
そして、他者と出会ったとき、最初に認識されるのは、その外見である。

一方で私たちは、「人は外見ではない」「見かけによらない」と語り、心と身体を切り離して考えがちでもある。
外見によって判断されることに、抵抗を感じる人が多いのもまた事実だろう。

しかし、人の思考や感情、日々の習慣が長い時間をかけて身体に刻まれていくとき、
外見は内面の痕跡を静かに滲ませはじめる。

では、肖像はどこまで一人の人間の時間を写し取ることができるのだろうか。
外見と内面は一致するのか、それとも乖離したままなのか。

一枚の肖像写真の前に立つとき、私たちはその人物の職業だけでなく、
日常の振る舞いや声の調子、手の動きに至るまでを想像してしまう。
その人の人生が、次々と立ち現れてくるかのように。

この展覧会は、ただ一枚の肖像と向き合うことから始まる。
そしてそのとき、見ているのは他者なのか、それとも自分自身なのか――。

               

Ecce Homo — Facing One

All human beings are born with a body.
And when we encounter another person, what we first perceive is their outward appearance.

At the same time, we tend to say that “a person is not defined by their appearance,” that “looks can be deceiving,” separating mind and body in our thinking.
It is also true that many resist being judged by how they look.

Yet, when one’s thoughts, emotions, and daily habits inscribe themselves into the body over time,
the surface begins to quietly reveal traces of the inner self.

To what extent, then, can a portrait capture the time a person has lived?
Are exterior and interior truly aligned, or do they remain fundamentally separate?

Standing before a single portrait, we begin to imagine not only the subject’s profession,
but also their everyday gestures, the tone of their voice, even the movement of their hands.
It is as if their life unfolds, one image after another, in our mind.

This exhibition begins with an encounter with a single portrait.
And in that moment, the question arises:
are we looking at another person—or at ourselves?

 
 

Future Exhibitions

 
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Dafni E. Barbageorgopoulou

Dafni E. Barbageorgopoulou is a greek artist currently based in Berlin. Her works involve a number of different sculptural disciplines, often working with forms taken from the mundane and transforming them into extraordinary shapes.

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