Rintaro Fuse Solo exhibition “Recursive Realism”
session：2025.6.20fri - 2025.8.2sat 13:00 - 19:00
*closed on Sun, Mon, Tue and public holidays.
venue：SNOW Contemporary / 404 Hayano Bldg. 2-13-12 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
opening reception : 2025.6.20fri 17:00 - 19:00
SNOW Contemporary is pleased to present Rintaro Fuse’s “Artificial Respiration, or Self-Portrait of a Self-Portrait” from June 20 (Friday) to August 2 (Saturday), 2025.
Rintaro Fuse, born in 1994, has been examining the state of “life” in contemporary society through the production of artworks and writing texts, mainly for self-produced exhibitions, while taking into account the rapidly reconfiguring perceptions and customs since the introduction of the iPhone and the communication going online due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Fuse is one of the leading artists of the 2020s, consistently drawing attention and appreciation from a wide range of generations for his intense and innovative research and ideas, which span a broad spectrum of fields, not limited to art history.
In addition to actively participating in exhibitions such as the online exhibition “ITCCC - Isolation Type Close Contact Chamber” (2020), which can only be accessed by one person at a time; the group exhibition “Planet Samsa” (2022, Former Site of Odaka Bookbinding Company), curated by Fuse in an abandoned printing factory; the solo exhibition “New Corpse” (2022, PARCO Museum Tokyo); and the group exhibition “Does the Future Sleep Here?―Revisiting the museum’s response to contemporary art after 65 years” (The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2024), he simultaneously published two books: a poetry book titled “Teardrop Catalog” and a collection of critiques called “How to Write a Love Letter.” He also presented “Pavilion ZERO” (Kasai Beach Park, Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya, etc.), which included “Imaginary Aquarium Planning,” “Observation Report at Planetarium,” and "the Release of a New Art Magazine.”
This time, however, Fuse, who says, “It has been a long time since I have been shut in to create artworks,” is faced with the creation of a new theory of the body through nearly 100 drawings on the theme of a “self-portrait.” In the course of his work, Fuse refers to the symbol grounding problem in the field of artificial intelligence, the bodies of both the involved and the uninvolved, the relationship between “bone and muscle” described by anatomists, “Resusci Anne,” a doll used for CPR training, the “uncanny valley” described by a robotics doctor, games, avatars, and so on. The exhibition will also feature new performances and two-dimensional works inspired by a database of drawings created in his room, which depict the current state of his changing self-image as a result of this research.
Fuse says of these works, “A new theory of the body needs to be updated now,” based on his own experience. “In order to recognize the information spreading through the Internet based on economic principles without any confusion, we must use the body, not language, as the basis for understanding the world.”
Fuse has developed a unique image of the body, including “Retina Painting” (2017-), a series of paintings created from selfies uploaded to the internet, and “Dead Corpse,” a solo exhibition that presents a non-existent corpse through video, flat surfaces, poetry, and other elements. However, Fuse, who claims that these were “other people’s bodies,” approaches the completion of a new theory of the body by confronting the creation of self-portraits through a cross-disciplinary problem-solving system.
The exhibition will feature approximately 100 drawings, new paintings, a performance, and a video. We cordially invite everyone to take this opportunity to witness the new challenges posed by Rintaro Fuse in the exhibition “Artificial Respiration, or Self-Portrait of Self-Portrait.”
session：2025.6.20fri - 2025.8.2sat 13:00 - 19:00
*closed on Sun, Mon, Tue and public holidays.
venue：SNOW Contemporary / 404 Hayano Bldg. 2-13-12 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
opening reception : 2025.6.20fri 17:00 - 19:00
SNOW Contemporary is pleased to present Rintaro Fuse’s “Artificial Respiration, or Self-Portrait of a Self-Portrait” from June 20 (Friday) to August 2 (Saturday), 2025.
Rintaro Fuse, born in 1994, has been examining the state of “life” in contemporary society through the production of artworks and writing texts, mainly for self-produced exhibitions, while taking into account the rapidly reconfiguring perceptions and customs since the introduction of the iPhone and the communication going online due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Fuse is one of the leading artists of the 2020s, consistently drawing attention and appreciation from a wide range of generations for his intense and innovative research and ideas, which span a broad spectrum of fields, not limited to art history.
In addition to actively participating in exhibitions such as the online exhibition “ITCCC - Isolation Type Close Contact Chamber” (2020), which can only be accessed by one person at a time; the group exhibition “Planet Samsa” (2022, Former Site of Odaka Bookbinding Company), curated by Fuse in an abandoned printing factory; the solo exhibition “New Corpse” (2022, PARCO Museum Tokyo); and the group exhibition “Does the Future Sleep Here?―Revisiting the museum’s response to contemporary art after 65 years” (The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2024), he simultaneously published two books: a poetry book titled “Teardrop Catalog” and a collection of critiques called “How to Write a Love Letter.” He also presented “Pavilion ZERO” (Kasai Beach Park, Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya, etc.), which included “Imaginary Aquarium Planning,” “Observation Report at Planetarium,” and "the Release of a New Art Magazine.”
This time, however, Fuse, who says, “It has been a long time since I have been shut in to create artworks,” is faced with the creation of a new theory of the body through nearly 100 drawings on the theme of a “self-portrait.” In the course of his work, Fuse refers to the symbol grounding problem in the field of artificial intelligence, the bodies of both the involved and the uninvolved, the relationship between “bone and muscle” described by anatomists, “Resusci Anne,” a doll used for CPR training, the “uncanny valley” described by a robotics doctor, games, avatars, and so on. The exhibition will also feature new performances and two-dimensional works inspired by a database of drawings created in his room, which depict the current state of his changing self-image as a result of this research.
Fuse says of these works, “A new theory of the body needs to be updated now,” based on his own experience. “In order to recognize the information spreading through the Internet based on economic principles without any confusion, we must use the body, not language, as the basis for understanding the world.”
Fuse has developed a unique image of the body, including “Retina Painting” (2017-), a series of paintings created from selfies uploaded to the internet, and “Dead Corpse,” a solo exhibition that presents a non-existent corpse through video, flat surfaces, poetry, and other elements. However, Fuse, who claims that these were “other people’s bodies,” approaches the completion of a new theory of the body by confronting the creation of self-portraits through a cross-disciplinary problem-solving system.
The exhibition will feature approximately 100 drawings, new paintings, a performance, and a video. We cordially invite everyone to take this opportunity to witness the new challenges posed by Rintaro Fuse in the exhibition “Artificial Respiration, or Self-Portrait of Self-Portrait.”
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