Artist: Soshiro Matsubara
Exhibition title: True Romance
Venue: Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
Date: May 27 – July 4, 2020
Photography: Kunst-Dokumentation.com / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Croy Nielsen
26 May, 1922
I have a bad headache when I wake up in the noon. Alcohol remains in the body.
I drank too much last night.
Looking at the garden, her broken head is lying. I can’t see her face dazzling due to backlight.
It is beautiful.
I cut her head off last night.
Even though cut it off, she was a doll, so there was no blood and no screaming.
I was expecting it somewhere in my mind. I was waiting for it.
Will you let me hear your voice for the last time?
I could remember her appearance, texture, and gesture, but I was forgetting her voice.
I tried to remember her voice.
It’s almost a creation, because I’ve probably invented it each time I tried to remember it.
This wasn’t a drunk momentum, it was part of a careful plan.
To be honest, I was tired of living with her and thought it was enough.
I was completely sanity, but at the same time I was still drifting back in time. Only one person in this world. With a strong intention.
So living with her was a grand project for me. She was a device that made the time of that time appear
in the present. And to not to forget it.
But now I knew it will be completed at last when I lose it.
Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020, photo by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020, photo by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020, photo by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020, photo by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020, photo by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020, photo by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020, photo by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020, photo by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
Soshiro Matsubara, A Finger I, 2020 (detail), glazed ceramics, chain and found jewelry, 40 × 12 × 2,5 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, A Finger I, 2020, glazed ceramics, chain and found jewelry, 40 × 12 × 2,5 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, A Head and Two Circles, 2020, Oil and acrylic on board, 17 × 70 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020, carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28
Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020 (detail), carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28
Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020 (detail), carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28
Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020 (detail), carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28
Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020 (detail), carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28
Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020 (detail), carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28
Soshiro Matsubara, Kiss XIX, 2020, pencil and gesso on canvas in artist’s frame, 56,5 × 51,5 × 3 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night I, 2020, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 20 × 26 × 11 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night II, 2020, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 20 × 26 × 11 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night III, 2020, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 20 × 26 × 11 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night IV, 2020, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 20 × 26 × 11 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Light With Hand, 2020, oil in canvas in artist’s frame, 28 × 23 × 4 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Love Sick Syndrome II, 2020, card board, plaster, light bulb, paper, 18 × 64 × 39 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Mystery, 2020, oil and acrylic on on board in artist frame, 51 × 61 × 1 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Memories, 2020 (detail), found floor lamp, glazed ceramics, found jewlery, wire, 180 x ø 26 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Pink Moon, 2020, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 56 × 73 × 2 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Portrait of Alma Mahler, 2020, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, wood, fabric, 153 × 30 × 30 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Portrait of Alma Mahler, 2020, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, wood, fabric, 153 × 30 × 30 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Portrait of Alma Mahler, 2020, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, wood, fabric, 153 × 30 × 30 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Sphinx I, 2020, glazed ceramics, acrylic, wood, fabric, 94 × 161 × 14 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Sphinx I, 2020 (detail), glazed ceramics, acrylic, wood, fabric, 94 × 161 × 14 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, The Caresses, 2020, oil on canvas, 66,5 × 153 × 2 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, Twilight, 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas in artist frame, 33 × 92 × 3 cm
Soshiro Matsubara, TRUE ROMANCE. TRUE ROMANCE, 2020, acrylic on paper, 51.5 × 41.5 × 2.5 cm