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Kohei Nawa — Kohei Nawa 名和晃平 | PixCell-Bambi #15 PIXCELL系列 - 小鹿斑比15號
Kohei Nawa

Kohei Nawa 名和晃平 | PixCell-Bambi #15 PIXCELL系列 - 小鹿斑比15號

2016

Kohei Nawa's PixCell-Bambi #15 is a mixed media sculpture that transforms a taxidermied deer head by obscuring its surface with hundreds of transparent resin spheres, creating a pixelated or crystalline effect that obscures and refracts the viewer's perception of the original form. The work is part of Nawa's PixCell series, which explores themes of digital representation, materiality, and the tension between recognizable imagery and abstraction through the accumulation of spherical elements. By mediating the animal subject through geometric, reflective surfaces, the artist examines how contemporary visual culture fragments and reconstructs our understanding of natural forms and living creatures.

Medium
mixed media
Signed
Yes

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Day Auction

March 30, 2026

Estimate: $1,500,000$2,500,000

Lot 205

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Kohei Nawa, Kohei Nawa 名和晃平 | PixCell-Bambi #15 PIXCELL系列 - 小鹿斑比15號, 2016

Kohei Nawa's PixCell-Bambi #15 is a mixed media sculpture that transforms a taxidermied deer head by obscuring its surface with hundreds of transparent resin spheres, creating a pixelated or crystalline effect that obscures and refracts the viewer's perception of the original form. The work is part of Nawa's PixCell series, which explores themes of digital representation, materiality, and the tension between recognizable imagery and abstraction through the accumulation of spherical elements. By mediating the animal subject through geometric, reflective surfaces, the artist examines how contemporary visual culture fragments and reconstructs our understanding of natural forms and living creatures.

Medium
mixed media
Year
2016
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Resin spheres, Reflective Aesthetic, Taxidermy transformation, Japanese Artist, Animal Sculpture, 21st Century, Optical Illusion, Contemporary Art, Crystalline medium, Maximalism

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