Ei Arakawa (b. 1977, Fukushima) is a US queer performance artist born in Japan and based in Los Angeles since 2019. To create his exhibitions and performances, he often forms collaborations with other artists, their works, art historians, or the public. To create his current exhibition “Don’t Give Up” at Kunsthalle Friart in Fribourg (Switzerland), three living American painters (Nicole Eisenman, Laura Owens, Trevor Shimizu) and two deceased ones (Mary Cassatt, Alice Neel) have told Ei Arakawa about the difficulties of being both parents and artists. Based on that, Ei Arakawa creates a maze-like installation made of cardboard in which one encounters singing images.<br /><br />Ei Arakawa: Don’t Give Up / Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg (Switzerland). Exhibition walkthrough, May 2, 2023.
