Paul Kooiker / Tokyo sculpture The hotel has not closed

The hotel has not closed for a day since that time

and what happens when one dies

both mirrors and reinforces shared perceptions and attitudes

a parallel that can only be mimicked or explained by the written word or moving image

Gwyn Campbell (Professor History Mc Gill University

Paul Kooiker / Tokyo sculpture The hotel has not closedTwo years after his celebrated Nude Animal Cigar (Art Paper Editions, 2015), Dutch artist Paul Kooiker is set to publish a new book called Tokyo, a joint publication by Art Paper Editions and Artbeat Publishers. The new series presented therein has its origins in just one photography session held by Kooiker in Tokyo in 2015, as part of a brief residency on the invitation of G P gallery. Kooiker shot about a dozen colour photographs of a professional