My Girl：佐垣慶多來台首展 Keita Sagaki Solo Exhibition 報導特刊

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an inexhaustible milk of database for contemporary
artists. Nevertheless, there are already numerous
appropriationniste before Keita. If we may say,
Duchamp could be the first appropriationniste
by appropriates La Joconde. We can even trace
back to Manet, all of their object of appropriation
is often the duplication of another duplication,
representation of another representation instead
of the original piece. This also points out Jean
Baudrillard’s concept of Simulacre (French,
Simulacrum). However, compare to the appropriationniste of 90’s, Keita remakes these
masterpieces with new elements instead of simply representation.
Artist: Sagaki Keita
Nonetheless, growing up in Japan, country of highly developing and mostly influential Manga
culture, Keita wanted to become a manga artist like Osamu Tezuka, Fujiko Fujio, and cartoonists
in Studio Ghibli instead of appropriationniste of classic art. Rock music and graffiti are his
favorite as well. Eventually becoming an artist, Keita constantly tries to figure out a way to
become both Manga artist and artist in his creations. Further, he cleverly blends some contrast at
hands : high and low, West and East, near and far (distance of viewing). From his interview, we
can understand the conjunction of Western masterpiece and Japanese manga is originated from
his reflections on the essential differences between Eastern and Western paintings : “Western
paintings and Japanese art contain many conflicting concepts,” Keita Sagaki explained in an
email interview for CNN style. “Western paintings offer depth, while my characters are flat.
《Cosmic Rays》 Pen, 57 x 42 cm
《Long As I Can See The Light》 Pen, 70 x 55 cm