His Friend
2018
Glass beads
35 × 23 cm
The artist found the original image for this work among her grandfather’s belongings after his death. It is a reproduction of an old photograph of a young Japanese soldier. The artist speculates that the man in the photograph died in China and that her grandfather brought the image back with him as a replacement for the body that was left behind.
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His Friend
2018
Glass beads
35 × 23 cm
The artist found the original image for this work among her grandfather’s belongings after his death. It is a reproduction of an old photograph of a young Japanese soldier. The artist speculates that the man in the photograph died in China and that her grandfather brought the image back with him as a replacement for the body that was left behind.