"Your perception of reality, your normal expectations of how you view things, is completely confounded."
Curator John Carpenter on PixCell-Deer#24 by Kohei Nawa 名和晃平
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How this taxidermy deer covered with crystals changes the way we look at reality
"Your perception of reality, your normal expectations of how you view things, is completely confounded."
John T. Carpenter
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John T. Carpenter
Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art
Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art
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Kohei Nawa
2011