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Masako Ando “Songbook”
Shibuya Hikarie 8/ Art gallery
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Masako Ando
Distinguished from the trends of the time, Masako Ando works assiduously to create paintings that are able to express upon the pictorial plane the gap between image and reality. For this exhibition, in celebration of her first art book published by Seigensha Art Publishing, Inc., a set of three new paintings “Hare”, “Pine”, and “Ape” are unveiled alongside drawings set in her homemade frames. The new works “Hare”, “Pine”, and “Ape” were created while the artist lived with her young child in the Chubu region, facing the disordered and chaotic appearance of the area of 2011 Tohoku earthquake and its associated nuclear disaster. Ostriches running wildly around deserted promenades; a pine tree left standing alone; a café named “Ape”, which means ‘fire’ in the Ainu language, built with waste materials after everything was washed away from the seashore. Information from newspapers and images on TV broadcast screens; the heads of cardboard robots she made with her child; a beautiful winter’s day of snowfall; a map hand-drawn by her father; a child who runs across the fields; a child who was unborn. Great accumulations of daily occurrences are visualized as motifs such as women, children, the plants that surround them, and daily necessities. Taking full advantage of the unique properties of the oil paint medium, such as its capacity for transparent and opaque hues, Ando makes a dialogue with her paintings. The process of contemplation and the materiality of the paints were carefully taken away from the works’ surfaces, and there mysteriously lie the mirrored fictitious world, depicted realistically with her highly remarkable skills, well-honed compositions and universally recognizable facial expressions. Thus, Ando’s works allow us to experience the true pleasure of painting.
Schedule | Jan 13 (Wed) 2016-Feb 1 (Mon) 2016 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jan 13 (Wed) 2016 18:00 - 20:00 | ||
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | http://www.hikarie8.com/artgallery/2016/01/masakoando.shtml | ||
| Venue | Shibuya Hikarie 8/ Art gallery http://www.hikarie.jp/8/en/ | ||
| Location | 8F Shibuya Hikarie, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002 | ||
| Access | Direct walk from exit B5 at Shibuya Station on the Fukutoshin and Hanzomon lines or Tokyu Den-en-toshi line, Direct walk from the 2nd floor passageway of Shibuya Station on the JR or Keio line. | ||
| Phone | 03-6434-1493 | ||
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