![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Ripe)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/8669ff17a15a5b0a64a3e81c5e70863461b08ce6-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
“The uncanny is that species of the frightening that goes back to what was once well known and had long been familiar.” — Sigmund Freud’s analysis of E.T.A Hoffman’s novel The Sandman (1816)
Exploring the unknowns and limitations of his own body, Naotaka Hiro presents four types of work; paintings on wood and canvas, a video, and a bronze sculpture, which is the namesake of the exhibition. Sand-man is a cumulative visual diary of Hiro’s physical and psychological fluctuations—a map of a body’s workings as it grapples with the uncanny and the unknown.
Works
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Ripe)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/8669ff17a15a5b0a64a3e81c5e70863461b08ce6-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Edifice)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/5ba1321b33ea9670dca4710875201deb703f4491-2100x2800.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Edifice), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Cherry)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/474b17d4ffa5ff62a1e9705d10d90ddd0277930a-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Cherry), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Green Mansion)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/d6fb71962e207217b6f58f8afb94196b61f7a934-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Green Mansion), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Crawl #8)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/5bb554c4beb921634bf5d87b47bc61caf5a95c17-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Crawl #8), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Radiance)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/577cd3073dcd39ea23168d34d390e8c4feeb76b6-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Radiance), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (May)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/459c0f501e4e3ec0aab1ebdd413a35bf4caf25ce-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (May), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (3 Rings)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/d0185f469465434b662c69f86a2db345238bad2e-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (3 Rings), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Bashful)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/26d4f508e0f8151a12fc5527410eacbecfc43b06-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Bashful), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Interior)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/902b3830378f1755a69129935fdb28e0a260d3ba-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Interior), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Boar)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/6b4e1d671d55c129f3b82b98469f4f0d3b966c24-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Boar), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Cosmos)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/0236e581e9b8975fd01951721ce72ef14b66d1da-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Cosmos), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Stem)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/79327dd512ef4571aba0a4233880bff42ce49393-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Stem), 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Sandman](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/9614c47d9623514f45831c980c42371e69f4c450-1050x1400.jpg?w=800)
Sandman, 2022
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Subterranean – Session 2](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/5938f7773fbb5482adcd73fbc40bcb2d5654c07f-1600x899.jpg?w=800)