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Noritoshi Hirakawa, Vier Zwei Eins

Newman Popiashvili Gallery
504 West 22nd Street, 212-274-9166
Chelsea
April 10 - May 10, 2008
Reception: Thursday, April 10, 6 - 8 PM
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Newman Popiashvili Gallery is pleased to present a video/photography exhibition of Noritoshi Hirakawa called “Vier Zwei Eins.”

In “Vier zwei Eins” (Four two One) Hirakawa deals with a social taboo: the subconscious desires between father and daughter. Beneath the surface of daily communication the story steps into a subconscious level as a dialogue of existential impact. The inner conflict of the leading actress is dramatically staged by the appearance of her “spirit” embodied by a masked and naked female dancer. By filtering the sexual intercourse between the leading actress and her boyfriend with a camera, Hirakawa allows the audience to approach to the subject from a ‘safe’ distance. Gestures and facial expressions are accompanied with the improvisations of a female violinist. The psychological drama culminates into Shakespearian dimensions when the desire beyond the common sense of society bonds father and daughter to each other as a tragic, unconscious destiny. Their desperate trials to find an adequate quantity of their desire, clarifies the difficulty of human existence.

“Vier zwei Eins” was first performed in Cologne at Galerie Baukunst.

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