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Enduring Dazzle: Katsuya Kamo's Artistic Universe. An exhibition Review by Makiko Akiyama

 
Published: 30.09.2023
Enduring Dazzle: Katsuya Kamo's Artistic Universe. An exhibition Review by Makiko Akiyama.
A page spread from Katsuya Kamo’s artist book: GASBOOK 29 KATSUYA KAMO 100 HEADPIECES, Tokyo: Gas As Interface Co.,Ltd. (2013).
Photo courtesy: office KAMO HEAD and Gas As Interface Co.,Ltd.
For the details of the book, please see here.

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Intro
Head and face, amongst various body parts, maybe the domains less frequented by jewelers. However, this doesn't signify an absence of works inspired by these areas. Gijs Bakker delves into the concept of individual irreplaceability in Profile Ornament (1974), a modern-style headpiece encircling the wearer's head. Otto Künzli, in pursuit of enhancing the wearer, posits that nowhere in the body is more eloquent of that person than the face and hangs picture frames from the necks of six women in Beauty Gallery (1984).