Artist: COBRA
Exhibition title: 私は曖昧さを排除した極めて明確に美しいが、 しかし非常に臭い木塊が川を流れているので拾いました。I picked up a very clearly beautiful, unambiguous, yet very smelly a block of wood flowing down the river
Venue: LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina, Kosovo
Date: June 23 – July 16, 2022
Photography: Leart Rama / Courtesy the artist and LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina
COBRA’s first solo-exhibition in Kosovo features five new works from the artist’s “Bird Gallery for Birds”-series along other wall and floor-based new works.
COBRA (*1981) is a Japanese artist and the founder of XYZ Collective, an artist run gallery based in Tokyo, Japan. Using various disciplines such as video, performance, sculpture, and painting COBRA intends to present trifling contradictions hidden within both art history and our daily lives, with a dose of humour.
COBRA received his BFA Department of Ceramic, Glass and Metal Works from Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan. He has extensively exhibited in Japan as well as at 356 Mission Rd, Los Angeles; Springsteen, Baltimore, USA; The Apartment, Vancouver; Brennan & Griffin, New York; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; Freedman Fitzpatrick (Los Angeles), among others.
COBRA, 私は曖昧さを排除した極めて明確に美しいが、 しかし非常に臭い木塊が川を流れているので拾いました。I picked up a very clearly beautiful, unambiguous, yet very smelly a block of wood flowing down the river, 2022, exhibition view, LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 55 x 53 x 32 cm
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 55 x 53 x 32 cm
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 23 x 39 x 35 cm
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 23 x 39 x 35 cm
COBRA, very smelly a block of wood and balls, 2022, wood, balls, 20 x 5, dimensions variable
COBRA, very smelly a block of wood and balls, 2022, wood, balls, 20 x 5, dimensions variable
COBRA, The Object, 2022, lambda print on photo paper, acrylic mount, clock, diameter 32 cm
COBRA, 私は曖昧さを排除した極めて明確に美しいが、 しかし非常に臭い木塊が川を流れているので拾いました。I picked up a very clearly beautiful, unambiguous, yet very smelly a block of wood flowing down the river, 2022, exhibition view, LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 38 x 29 x 22 cm
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 38 x 29 x 22 cm
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 44 x 45 x 23 cm
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 44 x 45 x 23 cm
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 36 x 35 x 21 cm
COBRA, Story of eggs (bird gallery for birds), 2022, acrylic on canvas, bird cage, straws, feathers, 36 x 35 x 21 cm
COBRA, 私は曖昧さを排除した極めて明確に美しいが、 しかし非常に臭い木塊が川を流れているので拾いました。I picked up a very clearly beautiful, unambiguous, yet very smelly a block of wood flowing down the river, 2022, exhibition view, LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina
COBRA, 私は曖昧さを排除した極めて明確に美しいが、 しかし非常に臭い木塊が川を流れているので拾いました。I picked up a very clearly beautiful, unambiguous, yet very smelly a block of wood flowing down the river, 2022, exhibition view, LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina
COBRA, 私は曖昧さを排除した極めて明確に美しいが、 しかし非常に臭い木塊が川を流れているので拾いました。I picked up a very clearly beautiful, unambiguous, yet very smelly a block of wood flowing down the river, 2022, exhibition view, LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina
COBRA, very smelly a vase and ball, 2022, clay, flower vase, appr.: 20 x 10 cm