005 "The Emperor" (2020)

Alloy foil and acrylic on wooden panels
Size: W/H/D (cm) 178.2(59.4×3panels) ×84.1×2.5 /
(in) 70.15748 (23.3858×3panels)×33.1102×0.984252
Weight: (lb) 9.25942 (3.08647×3panels)

Historically, when you put two or more uncertain elements on an uncertain medium, the structure becomes the same as the "legend."
The most precious and strong authority in aristocratic and class society worldwide, especially in Japan, is "pedigree."
However, if you extend the pedigree line to the past more, legitimacy will scatter in an inverted triangle from a specific point.
Originally, no one can decide where to define it.

The certainty of what is used as an authority in the present world in many situations becomes very unstable just by changing the scale.
It should be remembered that the winner's history has been written, and its accuracy is often manipulated. And history can be rewritten in an instant by discovering one material, especially regarding ancient ages. It is both hope and fear for many people.
This is a simulation work set as a private treasure passed down from generation to generation to my Mehata family, who are said to be descendants of Qin Shi Huang according to one theory. The dragon is the symbol of the emperor.
After everything is forgotten once, it turns into a new mystery when the people discover this a few hundred years later. Whether it is called a fabrication or a legend is up to that era's human beings and the world situation.
An artwork paired with "forbidden 1848".