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Yuken Teruya — LVMH (Christian Dior, Hennessy, Pucci, Givenchy, Sephora, Le Bonmarché, Berluti, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Chandon Nappa Valley)
Yuken Teruya

LVMH (Christian Dior, Hennessy, Pucci, Givenchy, Sephora, Le Bonmarché, Berluti, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Chandon Nappa Valley)

In this work, Yuken Teruya transforms the everyday packaging and shopping bags of prestigious LVMH luxury brands — including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Hennessy, and Marc Jacobs — into delicate, intricately cut paper sculptures. By carefully cutting and folding miniature trees from within the branded bags, Teruya subverts the glossy veneer of consumerism, revealing a fragile natural world hidden beneath the surface of luxury capitalism. The work invites reflection on the environmental cost of global commerce and the tension between nature and the relentless expansion of corporate power.

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Under the Influence

December 10, 2014

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Yuken Teruya, LVMH (Christian Dior, Hennessy, Pucci, Givenchy, Sephora, Le Bonmarché, Berluti, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Chandon Nappa Valley)

In this work, Yuken Teruya transforms the everyday packaging and shopping bags of prestigious LVMH luxury brands — including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Hennessy, and Marc Jacobs — into delicate, intricately cut paper sculptures. By carefully cutting and folding miniature trees from within the branded bags, Teruya subverts the glossy veneer of consumerism, revealing a fragile natural world hidden beneath the surface of luxury capitalism. The work invites reflection on the environmental cost of global commerce and the tension between nature and the relentless expansion of corporate power.

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Related themes

Consumerism Critique, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Emerging Artist, Japanese Artist, Installation Art, Contemporary Art, Brand Culture, Satirical, Multicultural Themes

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