Jiro Kamata
Jiro Kamata, Holon, 2021, exhibition view
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 7, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
19.7 inches / 50 cm
(Inv# 6739)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Rings, 2020/21 silver, camera lenses, PVD coating
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 102, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.22 inches / 3.1 cm, size 7.25 / 53
(Inv# 6818)
Jiro Kamata, Spiegel Ring YG 10, 18k gold, camera lens with 24k gold coating
1.95 cm / size 7.5 / 55.5
(Inv# 6760)
Jiro Kamata, Spiegel Ring 12, silver, camera lens, mirror coating
.83 inches / 2.1 cm, size 8 / 56.5
(Inv# 6744)
Jiro Kamata, Holon, 2021, exhibition view
Jiro Kamata, Mother Ring 6 , silver, camera lens, mother of pearl
.96 inches / 2.45 cm, size 6.75 / 53+
(Inv# 6752)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 94, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.18 inches / 3 cm, size 7.25 / 55
(Inv# 6811)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 6, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
16.9 inches / 43 cm
(Inv# 6738)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 6, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
16.9 inches / 43 cm
(Inv# 6738)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 98, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.73 inches / 4.4 cm, size 8 / 57
(Inv# 6815)
Jiro Kamata. Spiegel Ring, 2020, 18k white gold, camera lens with rose gold coating
Sold
Jiro Kamata, Spiegel Ring YG 2, 18k gold, camera lens with 24k gold coating
.63 inches / 1.6 cm, size 6.75 / 53.5
Sold
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 90, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.34 inches / 3.4 cm, size 7.5+ / 60-
(Inv# 6808)
Jiro Kamata, Holon, 2021, exhibition view
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 87, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.38 inches / 3.5 cm, size 8 / 56.5
(Inv# 6805)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 71, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.65 inches / 4.2 cm, size 8 / 56.5
(Inv# 6795)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 4, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
18 inches / 46 cm
(Inv# 6736)
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Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 70, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.3 inches / 3.3 cm, size 7.25+ / 55
(Inv# 6794)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 64, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
.87 inches / 2.2 cm, size 6.75 / 53.5
(Inv# 6788)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 58, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.36 inches / 3.45 cm, size 7.25 / 55
(Inv# 6783)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 56, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.77 inches / 4.5 cm, size 8 / 57
(Inv# 6781)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 8, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
39.4 inches / 100 cm
(Inv# 6740)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 8, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
39.4 inches / 100 cm
(Inv# 6740)
Jiro Kamata, Holon, 2021, exhibition view
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 52, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.26 inches / 3.2 cm, size 7.25 / 55
(Inv# 6777)
Jiro Kamata, Spiegel Ring YG 7, 18k gold, camera lens with 24k gold coating
1.14 inches / 2.9 cm, size 7.75 / 56
(Inv# 6759)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 51, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.61 inches / 4.1 cm, size 7.75 / 56
(Inv# 6776)
Jiro Kamata, Mother Ring 10, silver, camera lens, mother of pearl
.91 inches / 2.3 cm, size 7.5+ / 56
(Inv# 6754)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 5, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
20.5 inches /52 cm
(Inv# 6737)
Jiro Kamata, Spiegel Ring 46, silver, camera lens, mirror coating
.69 inches / 1.75 cm, size 7 / 54+
(Inv# 6750)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 49, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
.83 inches / 2.1 cm, size 6.5- / 52.5
(Inv# 6775)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 36, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
1.16 inches / 2.95 cm, size 8.5- / 58
(Inv# 6773)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 14, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
.98 inches / 2.5 cm, size 7.5 / 55.5
(Inv# 6768)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 1, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
21.65 inches / 55 cm
(Inv# 6734)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 10, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating,
.94 inches / 2.4 cm, size 7.5 / 53
(Inv# 6764)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Necklace 3, 2021, oxidized silver, camera lenses with PVD coating
20.08 inches / 51 cm
(Inv# 6735)
Jiro Kamata, Spiegel Ring 28, silver, camera lens, mirror coating
1.42 inches / 3.6 cm, size 7.75 / 56
(Inv# 6749)
Jiro Kamata, Holon Ring 2, 2021, silver, camera lens, PVD coating
.87 inches / 2.2 cm
size 7.75 / 56
(Inv# 6761)
Jiro Kamata, Spiegel Ring YG 6, 18k gold, camera lens with 24k gold coating
.87 inches / 2.2 cm, size 7.25 / 55
(Inv# 6758)
HOLON
an ancient Greek word meaning whole.
In “The Ghost in the Machine” , a philosophical book by Arthur Koestler that greatly influenced the anime “Ghost in the Shell”, Holon was a concept proposing that the whole and the individual parts exist simultaneously.
In 2008, I created Momentopia using old camera lenses, and have since that time, used them together with a variety of materials to continue on the classic theme of jewelry, light and reflection- topics I have been researching since before my graduation thesis (2006), and each new series explores the subject from a different angle, and the elements of each series are connected to those that came before.
In my latest work, Holon, the camera lenses are embellished with a PVD coating of various colors. Through the shapes of the concave and convex lenses, the color-coated mirror surfaces on the opposite sides of each lens reflect and react to each other, creating a unique illusion of depth, and a three-dimensional hologram effect in an ever-changing pattern of reflection and color.
Holon is a new body of work, but also a continuation of 20 years of development. These lenses not only reflect our reality, but they may also change our perception.
Jiro Kamata
Text: Julie Metzdorf
Photos: Ulrike Myrzik
German / English