From June 20th till August 13th MoMu presents the graduation collection of KOJI ARAI (Japan, °1975). This collection was inspired by the Japanese notion of I-SHOKU-JU (衣食住), which means CLOTHING-FOOD-SHELTER, The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and the Italian fairy tale figure of Pinocchio, a wooden marionette brought to life by a fairy on the wishes of its creator, the puppet maker Geppetto.
In Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century interpretation of the Last Supper, Christ and his Apostles are depicted all seated in a row at a long table, although historically it is far more plausible that they were sitting on the floor whilst eating. For Koji the process from laying down to standing up is comparable to the development of... [more]
