Expressing the "loneliness" of modern society in a variety of ways
"Artist Rintaro Fuse" releases the first poem collection of the whole body

Writing, painting and video production, installation, exhibition using websites, curator activities, etc., on the theme of the recovery of "loneliness" and "being two", which have been lost in a society of overconnectedness since the advent of smartphones, This is the first collection of poems by artist Rintaro Fuse, who has developed various presentations and is now attracting the most attention.

Reorganized the works presented at the exhibition "New Body" held at PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO in 2022, the exhibition "Kiss of Names" held at SNOW Contemporary in 2021, and the work "Media of the Black Colder Sea" contributed to the magazine "Bungakukai". In addition, a total of 29 novels featuring a number of new works written on the theme of "tears".

The cover illustration was drawn by Shuzo Oshimi, who has a reputation for delicate psychological sketches of characters, such as the comics "Evil no Kaka", "Okaeri Alice" and "Blood Tracks". This is a work for this book in response to Rintaro Fuse's passionate love call.
The book was designed by Keijiro Yagi, a designer who is currently holding a two-person exhibition with Rintaro Fuse "The Book of ARENA".

"Tears." It is the same physiological reaction to the conflicting stimuli of pleasure and sadness, pleasure and pain. Based on the phenomenon of "tears," he appeals for contradictions and undefined ambiguity in human beings.
While spreading to the motifs of "sea", "death" and "sex", the world intersects visually in one book.

―This is a catalog of "tears". This catalog is due to the past that could not be organized. One drop of “tears” that might not have flown.

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I've never seen a happy and crying child, but you shed tears when you're happy.
(Excerpt from "Personal Computer for Children of All Ages")

I'm happy.
It will be one
It hurts, it feels good
I hate it, I love it, stay away
All at equal weight
Give color to the eyelids
(Excerpt from "Tear-1")

This is a catalog of tears. This catalog is due to the past that could not be organized. I'm not giving up. I want to give a place to the unorganized ones. I don’t want to make a single reason for tears. My mother’s death was a fall. You can shed your tears just for you.
(Excerpt from "Tear-1")
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Fuse Rintaro Fuse Taro Rin
Artist. Born in 1994. Graduated from the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Graduate School of Film and Media Studies, Tokyo University of the Arts. Under the theme of "new loneliness" that can be achieved in cities since the launch of smartphones, he works with artists, poets, designers, researchers, musicians, critics, and anonymous people using a wide range of media such as paintings, video works, website creation, criticism and poetry writing, exhibition planning, etc. Major solo exhibitions and exhibition projects include "New Body" (2022/PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO), "Planet Samsa" (2022/Odaka Bookbinding Industry Site), "All First Love Song" (2021/Tokyo, The 5th Floor), "Category of Silence" (2021/Namura Shipbuilding Site [Creative Center Osaka]) and "Isolated Close Contact Room" (2020 / Web page). Participating exhibitions include "Yves Klein's Imagination beyond Time" (2022 / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa). He has also attracted attention in his writing activities, including contributions to "Bungakukai," "Biju Techo," "Contemporary Poetry Techo," and "Yurika." He was awarded the Ikuo Hirayama Prize (2022) and the 16th Bijutsu Techo Art Review Call for "New Solitude" Honorable Mention (2019). Forbes JAPAN 30 UNDER 30 2023 Selected as “under 30 years old to change the world”. In March 2024, The National Museum of Western Art's first contemporary art exhibition "Is this a room for future artists to sleep?" —The National Museum of Western Art, 65th year of self-question | Questions to contemporary artists.