Solo Exhibition of MITSUZUKA Shinji "who ate the banana?"

The following events will be held at this exhibition.

Party
Date: Friday, August 25, 2023, 16:00-19:00
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who ate the banana?

I needed a comedy.
I feel that rationality, taken in by the rules of capital, has created a situation of structural change through globalization and information overload through digital innovation, which has complicated all social problems.

Perhaps the world is changing at a speed that exceeds that of the Industrial Revolution, but this is happening because the triumph of capitalism has brought about a shared sense of values. However, capitalism, which seeks to prove its legitimacy alone, obliges all economic agents, from individuals to nations, to maximize profits. It also demands an exchange of “wealth” for “risk.

I find this structure a comedy.
The consequence of market freedom marketizing individual freedom is the possibility of a future society with planning that goes far beyond the planned economy, and the exchange of “affluence” for “risk” could be the beginning of a solution to the global environmental problems plagued by population growth.

I have a “question”.
How should Art relate to reality?
How should artists perceive and relate to social and political realities?　How can we rightly combine the concept of “context,” as the art world has spun it, with our perception of reality?

If it is a “banana peel” that we can see, we should not step on it and fall.
I am creating my work for the sake of contact with reality. (MITSUZUKA Shinji)