Complex Complex

2007

きれいなものをよく見ると、実は歪んでいたり汚れていたり、バランスが悪かったりするものが多い。形を変えていく柔軟性を持ったものや、必要に応じて変化していくものに、強さや美しさを感じるんです。そこがセクシーで魅力的だと感じる。コンプレックスは美しい。

Probably everyone has a complex of some sort. Something that attracts our concern, causes us to worry, and triggers our efforts to overcome it. Kiyokawa felt that way when she was working as a model. Eventually, she came to realize that her complex could become her originality, or her own distinctive quality. For this series, the artist took a number of photographs of the same model, and used them as the base for work on the theme of typical complexes that trouble women.