Significance of Existence
During this project, Maruyama’s father-in-law passed away. In his long fierce struggle with disease, both his physical and mental functions were stripped away one after another, as if to slowly lay bare his essential humanity. Watching his dignified progress toward death she found herself asking, ”What really makes us human?”
Year
2004
Detail
plaster hands, bed, mirror, former foundry
L.900cm, W.175cm, H.180 cm
Kawaguchi Art Factory / Kawaguchi, Saitama
[BETWEEN ECO & EGO 2004 - Act.4] International Art Project