Maya Nukumizu “I'm Strong, You're Weak”

Art Jam Contemporary

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Maya Nukumizu

We are holding the solo exhibition of Maya Nukumizu "I'm strong, You're weak". Nukumizu is an artist born in 1982. After finishing the master’s degree at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2007, she has been actively producing works. She drew attention to her talent already when she was doing her undergraduate degree, winning many awards including the grand prizes of "The 5th '21st Century Asian Design Competition'" and "Artbeat Kyoto 2005" and had been selected to exhibit at "Art Award Tokyo 2007". She is highly received as a new type of Japanese artist whose style can be categorized as "New Pop". In Nukumizu’s work, the subject matters such as pop girls, weapons, combat planes are often drawn and they are arranged on the geometrically graphic surface. The girls in her work have almost extreme femininity seen in their rich and long streaming hair, overly long eyelashes, and skin-exposing tightly fitted outfits. Many of the "fighting girls" in Japanimation and in manga are created by men for themselves as a form of perversion. The characters by Nukumizu are, on the contrary, created by a woman, for women, thus more positively accepting "the power of woman/femininity".

Keiichi Tanaami + Masanobu Sugatsuke Talk Event
July 4th (Sat) 18:00-19:00, advanced reservation possible

[Image: Maya Nukumizu "The Head Bombs -Yellow Twins" (2009) 1300x1620mm]

Schedule

Jun 26 (Fri) 2009-Jul 26 (Sun) 2009