Kosuke Ajiro “The Gods”
We visited Kosuke Ajiro’s solo exhibition “The Gods.” The venue is NADiff modern.
“As I descended a gentle sand dune, a small hut of casually stacked stones stood alone. It was a souvenir shop. On the carpet spread out at the entrance, oddly shaped objects and plates were jumbled together. What most caught my eye was a figure of a god called ‘Rolo’ — layer upon layer of animals piled on top of one another. Perhaps pleased that I had shown interest, the shopkeeper began to speak with a grin. Once, there were two kingdoms in this land. One was called Hora, ruled by a king named Toto. Toto quelled the civil war at the tender age of 17 and ascended the throne, but once the land was pacified he left affairs of state entirely to his retainers and spent his days drowning in drink and women. The kingdom declined by the day, but Toto still refused to listen to the counsel of the gods, and had all who defied him crucified. Enraged, Rolo sent a stormlike breath down from the heavens onto the kingdom, day and night without pause. From that time on, not a single blade of grass grew from the earth, and the kingdom sank beneath a sea of sand. The objects and plates were, it seems, unearthed from the sands of this land.”
Kosuke Ajiro
The smaller pieces were framed by Ajiro himself, and there was an impressive line-up of strong works.
There seems to be a devoted following that supports his unwavering worldview — from the opening day onward, many viewers were reported to have visited.
