Mariko MORI
Wave UFO model II
Lucite
h.35.5 x w.93.9 x d.38.1 cm
2017
Mori has been catapulted into artistic fame, collected by museums and art collectors the world over. The focus of her work has turned from its initial preoccupation with the roles of women in Japanese society to increased internal, spiritual and unifying themes. Her constant quest for research has enabled her to create abstract, large-scale, highly accomplished three-dimensional works which cross various research disciplines from neuroscience to archeology.
Made with a glowing Lucite resin, Mariko Mori’ s Wave UFO model II (2016) is a model for her large scale installation Wave UFO (1999 – 2002) presented at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Wave UFO is an interactive work that visualizes the viewer’ s brain wave as if it is mediating the human body and the universe, conveying the artist’ s interest in merging with the elements of nature.