Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori - "Birds"

Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori

Friday, October 11 — Sunday, January 12

A very personal work for Mariko Mori, Birds I came to her in a dream. As it began to take form, she held out her hands, and Birds I coalesced into its current shape. For Mori, this work is her personal prayer for global peace and harmony with nature.



An icon of 1990s Japanese pop art, the visionary artist Mariko Mori has always transformed herself effortlessly and faster than anyone else into the future. Japan Society Gallery presents her latest countenance in this major solo exhibition, Rebirth, as a significant artistic statement by Mori. The entire gallery space is transformed into Mori's world through 35 sculptures, drawings, photographs, sound and video works, strung together into a narrative of birth, death and rebirth—a continuous circle of life force that the artist observes on a cosmic scale. Journey through space, time and consciousness in this immersive installation.

Mariko Mori (b. 1967), Birds I, 2012. Lucite; 13 ½ x 36 x 18 inches. Courtesy of SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo and Sean Kelly, New York and Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki.