New Born (Bat_B02_silver)

Odani Motohiko, artist

born 1972

New Born (Bat_B02_silver), 2016

Where object was made: Tokyo, Japan

Material/technique: mixed media

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 65 x 45.9 x 43.3 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 25 9/16 x 18 1/16 x 17 1/16 in

Credit line: Courtesy of the artist, Albertz Benda, New York and Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo, Japan

Accession number: EL2016.002

Not on display

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Composed of spiraling vertebrae-like structures, Japanese artist Odani Motohiko’s complex sculptures span genres, existing between beauty and horror. His creations suggest futuristic prosthetic technology and have been described as “phantoms.” For Temporal Turn, Odani created a new iteration of his ongoing series Sculpture Project 2 (SP2) New Born. While previous works in the series have been bone-colored and fossil-like, this version glimmers with a metallic sheen like the remnant of an alien civilization.