Members
Who are inside of Art Unit - época?
Kuniichirou Aiso (Kuni)
Captain
Mai Kohinata
Representative
Artwork
Showing some artworks from our past exhibitions.
Rise of bacteria (2021)
MAI
The world or society we are aware of is just a limited part of nature. I am looking more into the world where there are tons of micro creatures. The installation is about their rise.
Gods' meeting (2021)
MAI
It's about diversity. Two different things are having a collaborative meeting.
The soul of lantern fly (2021)
MAI
The found objects are upcycled to an art work. The motif is a lantern fly.
Installation (2017)
MAI
The left top is a huge collage of photosh taken in Spain and Taiwan. Every single print was printed with copy machines at Seven Eleven. Other stuff (left bottom) is photo transfer installation. The image was shot in Spain as well.
Installation (2017)
KUNI
The unique combination of photographs taken at many different places, paintings, objects, and a drawer, poem, etc.
Sometimes love kills... (2016)
MAI
Acrylic on wood panel. Well, there are a lot of things happened in my life...
Installation (2016)
KUNI
His collection of things
Welcome to Japan, Virgin Mary and Jesus! (2017)
MAI
It is said that there are 800 Gods in Japan. We are very happy to accept Virgin Mary and Jesus. It's the fact that there's only one God in Christianity, but Mai has been thinking about religions, ethnics, and cultures.
The possibility of 72-year-old guy's muscle of facial expression (2014)
KUNI
It's uneasy to shoot other people with camera these days. But it's okay to shoot ourselves, right?
Photo Installation (2014)
MAI
It's kind of like an image memory version of word association game. Obviously Mai is not a big fan of rectangular photos.
Installation (2015)
KUNI
Taking you to another dimension with photos and objects installed in the corner of the gallery. The past, the present, super power, life, death, they're all mingled here.
Pink Puke (2015)
MAI
Mai is gender fluid (he/him). This work was created before he came out. There are a lot to think about genders.
Giant collage (2018)
Collaboration of Mai and Kuni
Municipal gallery complex in Hamamatsu, "Create Hamamatsu" was celebrating the 30th anniversary. Art Unit - época was ordered the artwork to decorate the huge space and created this collage with images of Hamamatsu.