Exhibition/event has ended.
Ai Yamaguchi "hoshi"
Mizuma Art Gallery - Ichigaya
Finished
SHARE
Artists
Ai Yamaguchi
In 2012, Yamaguchi has been vigorously active, presenting her new works in a solo show at the 10 Chancery Lane Gallery in Hong Kong, China, in a group show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and during the PIP&POP two-person exhibition at Spiral Garden in Tokyo, Japan. In the present exhibition, the paramount of this year's achievements, the artist turns back to the origin of her work as she paints girls responding to her own self-constructed ideal of Beauty on unique "futon canvases".
The verses kakikurashi [In the dark] / furu shirayuki no [The falling white snow] / shita gie ni [Melting at its bottom] / kiete mono omou [I keep on thinking of things who were] / koro ni mo aru ka na [Is it the season?]
from a poem of the Kokin Wakashu have been used to name the four pieces of the series. They are composed by the artist deforming and recomposing shunga; Japanese erotic woodblock images, following her own interpretation. She also uses innovative supporting materials with kimono inspired patterns, incorporating them onto the round "futon canvases".
12 years have passed since Yamaguchi started out her career as an artist. This correspond to 12 years spent depicting these alter egos in the shape of young girls. During all these time, she has been striving to fulfill her childhood wish of "painting beautiful things", transforming it with the mind of a maturing artist, which brings major significance to her artworks.
The exhibition title "hoshi" (stars) comes from Yamaguchi's wish for her creations to act as bright signs. Since the old times, there have been lodestars guiding the travelers and people who wished upon them. In the same way, Yamaguchi's artworks might very well show us the way to new visual landscapes.
The verses kakikurashi [In the dark] / furu shirayuki no [The falling white snow] / shita gie ni [Melting at its bottom] / kiete mono omou [I keep on thinking of things who were] / koro ni mo aru ka na [Is it the season?]
from a poem of the Kokin Wakashu have been used to name the four pieces of the series. They are composed by the artist deforming and recomposing shunga; Japanese erotic woodblock images, following her own interpretation. She also uses innovative supporting materials with kimono inspired patterns, incorporating them onto the round "futon canvases".
12 years have passed since Yamaguchi started out her career as an artist. This correspond to 12 years spent depicting these alter egos in the shape of young girls. During all these time, she has been striving to fulfill her childhood wish of "painting beautiful things", transforming it with the mind of a maturing artist, which brings major significance to her artworks.
The exhibition title "hoshi" (stars) comes from Yamaguchi's wish for her creations to act as bright signs. Since the old times, there have been lodestars guiding the travelers and people who wished upon them. In the same way, Yamaguchi's artworks might very well show us the way to new visual landscapes.
Schedule | Nov 21 (Wed) 2012-Dec 22 (Sat) 2012 Opening Hours Information
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Mizuma Art Gallery - Ichigaya https://mizuma-art.co.jp/en/  | ||||
| Location | 2F Kagura Bldg., 3-13 Ichigayatamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 5 at Ichigaya Station on the Yurakucho and Namboku lines, 8 minute walk from the West exit of Iidabashi Station on the JR Chuo-Sobu line, 8 minute walk from exit B3 at Iidabashi Station on the Tozai, Yurakucho and Namboku lines. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3268-2500 | ||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it |
Back to Articles
SHARE
No comments yet