Emerging Artists in Asia by Ka

Even as times change, most of the world's population seems to hate freedom. They are afraid to behave freely, contrary to their own daily claims of rights to and hopes for freedom. To put it plainly, Mineki Murata's performance is an attempt to examine whether or not the primitive and fundamental desire of human beings to be free can be expressed in art works. photo by Shinya kigure The Japanese artist’s drawings are traces of his art performance. His honesty, majesty and delicacy are imprinted in these works. He has showed us how to cut a thick dictionary into pieces with a ballpoint pen. He says this was “because I have feelings of inferiority towards words.” But in all honesty, I don’t believe his claim. I suppose that he has hated words. His weapons against them are his well-built body and a cheap ballpoint pen. Thick dictionaries aren't the only things Murata destroys. He preys on a variety of things, such as a switched-on TV receiver, and a thick veneer board us...