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Prism Wall (III): A new Artwork by Kaz Shirane exhibited at Villa Empain Museum

“The Light House” at Villa Empain Museum in Brussels, Belgium, is Kaz Shirane’s first European exhibition, and for the occasion the Tokyo-based artist created a site-specific variation of his Prism Wall piece.

Curated by Louma Salamé, the group show explores light and its manifestations through the work of 21 contemporary artists - including James Turrell and Mona Hatoum - defending the idea that culture is like light, it leads us out of the darkness.

Kaz Shirane’s art is particularly fitting as, using mirrors, light and reflections, it places the audience at the centre of his works. Shirane’s oeuvre enables a symbiotic relationship between the artwork and the spectator, allowing the spectator to tailor their own unique and non-reproducible experience.

Prism Wall (III), the installation presented by Shirane, is a half-circle shaped wall, complete with a reflective floor, that envelops visitors into a fascinating and kaleidoscopic world made of light-reflecting mirrors and colour-changing lights.

Located on the Dining Room on the ground floor of the Art Deco-inspired Villa, the installation appears like a multi-faceted jewel in the splendid room overlooking the museum’s iconic swimming pool.

In addition to this colourful display, visitors can also discover new artworks from Kaz’s series “Mirror of Truth”: three new works whose various patterns produce fragmented reflections and question the viewer’s cognitive process.

See more of Kaz Shirane’s work here.

Photography credits:

Exhibition:
Fondation Boghossian - Villa Empain © Andrea Anoni
Vernissage:
Fondation Boghossian - Villa Empain © Nicolas Lobet