Simon Fujiwara Simon Fujiwara

Simon Fujiwara

Born in 1982 in London, United Kingdom. Lives and works in Berlin.
Exhibition view: Simon Fujiwara, Once Upon a Who?, Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2022. Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Introduction

At the core of the work of British/Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara is a question - what does it mean to be a ‘Self’ in the 21st century? With humour, inventiveness, delight and rigor, his works reflect on existential quandaries such as: how should one construct a self today? How has technology altered our identities? Is there such thing as an authentic ‘me’? 

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Simon Fujiwara on his latest work Who vs Who vs Who?, 2023 At Art Basel 2023

Simon Fujiwara on his latest work Who vs Who vs Who?, 2023

At Art Basel 2023
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Once Upon a Who? Simon Fujiwara

Once Upon a Who?

Simon Fujiwara

A large-scale immersive exhibition, Once Upon a Who? highlights the multifaceted development of, which Simon Fujiwara created in Spring 2020 and first presented at the Fondazione Prada in Milan in summer of that year. Staged within an exhibition design resembling a museum with different rooms devoted to different chapters of their development, visitors encounter Who the Bær: a bear that seemingly has no race, gender, sexuality or nationality. ⁠