The 30 pages of colors and also a drawing in theimage of the Virgin Mary's hands, are installed in a polished metal box. At first, as you open the box you will see your own face as though you are about to start making-up.
The word manicure consists of two words, manus and cure which have there origines in latin. Manus means hand and according to Roman law, indicated the right of the husband over the wife. Because the hand is an indispensable part of the body when human beings create things, it became a symbol of power and authority. However, cure means care and healing. The word made from these two words, "MANUCURE" points to a kind of cosmetic, i.e. the paint for hand nails.
Among innumerable cosmetics on the market, the nail polish has the most brilliant and rich variation of colors, and each color has a different name. Food, landscape, emotions, sex... the sheer breadth of expression is beyond our imagination. Looking carefully at all of those colors and their names, we can notice the flexibility of the images and hence, the many kinds of desires and impulses of mankind.
Originally, the act of making-up was used as a means of becoming somebody else, and this act can be traced to ceremonial elements within anthropology. However, in modern times, under the global influence of materialism, the act of making-up shows an apparent capitalistic desire to increase our own commercial value.
The lasting images therefore that move in and out of these countless colors of changing nail polish may in fact be our own figures who are longing for the CURE.
Project description : 1050 nail colors on polyester films pieces mounted on 30 museum boards
Sheets size: 470 X 370 mm
Box：Stainless steel
Edition：18, A.P. : 3, P.P. : 2, B.A.T. : 1
Exhibitions: 1999 "Visions of The Body-Fashion or Invisible Corset",The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan,
Also traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Collection: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
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