Kazuhiro Hori

Amazwi ka-Oliver Monaghan

Emehlweni omdwebi ocolekileyo waseJapan uKazuhiro Hori akukho lutho njengoba kubonakala. Ulayini ontekenteke ohlukanisa omsulwa ne-grotesque uyinto yokudlala kuye. Intambo ye-yoyo enefindo, ukusonteka kanye nokucupha njengoba ilenga ekumisweni ngaphakathi kwe-saccharine sweet dreamscapes amatimu awo angokoqobo njengoba emangalisa. Amaphuzu engxoxo ashaya kanzima futhi avame ukuba 'yinkinga' enziwa anambitheke kakhulu ngeminikelo yamasiko yamaconfectionary anemibala ezungeze iminyuziyamu yakhe., njengoba ukulahlekelwa kwabo ubumsulwa kuyisiteji esiyinhloko futhi siyaphoqeleka ukuthi sihlaziye indlela imiphakathi yethu ephatha ngayo futhi ibuke isimo sabesifazane.

Ngokudabukisayo ukucwaswa kwabantu besifazane abasebasha akuyona into entsha futhi ngokomlando bekugcwele cishe kuwo wonke amasiko emhlabeni jikelele. Ukubuka kwabesilisa kunqume indlela imizimba yentombazane ebukwa ngayo, iphikisiwe futhi ithengiswa ngezindlela eziningi, ngomqondo wobuntombi nobumsulwa obumenyezelwa amasiko amaningi njengomklomelo omkhulu. Kuyitimu ephindelelayo emhlabeni jikelele, ekhulayo kwezobuciko nomlando emhlabeni wonke, futhi mhlawumbe ephawuleka kakhulu inoveli ka-Vladimir Nabokov ethi 'Lolita', umsebenzi obe nomthelela omkhulu kuwo wonke amasiko amancane e-Japan.

Kusuka kulezi zimo lapho uHori ethola khona abalingiswa bakhe. Abesifazane abasebasha abagqoke umfaniswano wesikole wesitayela samatilosi. Ukhilimu ovala amakhona omlomo wabo, njengoba abahlaseli babo bempilo yangempela bethatha uhlobo lwamathoyizi aluhlaza namabhere angamademoni, ezibamba inyamazane yazo ngaphakathi kwamakheji e-lollypop. Ukunamathisela izitho zabo phansi ngezinsimbi zikaswidi ukuze banikeze amandla ukuhlasela kokuziphatha okwehlisa isithunzi nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi.

U-Hori usebenzisa isitayela se-puerile se-contemporary pop surrealism ukuze athambise ukushaya kwezindikimba zakhe ezicindezela kakhulu, njengokuzibulala (njengoba kubonakala ngobuningi bamaphilisi nama-blades abekwe ngobuhlakani), impilo yengqondo kanye nesiko lokudlwengula. Izindikimba ukuthi, ngokungagwegwesi, ziningi kakhulu endaweni yonke futhi kungenxa yomkhuba wakhe ukuthi uHori uzama ukudweba ababukeli bakhe ukuze enze ingxoxo ngezihloko okudingeka zidingidwe ngokushesha..