Simon Fujiwara

Simon Fujiwara suddenly recalled a photograph he’d last seen as a child, of his mother and her Lebanese boyfriend when, years later, he happened to visit a beach near where the photo had been taken. Or so he says. “Studio Pietà (King Kong Komplex)” is London-born Fujiwara’s first exhibition in New York, and, like a lot of his previous theatrical installations, it explores an autobiographical memory or event. The main component is a 20-minute video: the audio is Fujiwara interviewing himself about his memories surrounding the original photo; the footage, in part, shows a blonde woman and swarthy man “re-enacting” his murky recollections that are by turns playful, erotic and self-reflective.