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Junko Oki “Sense and Sweetness”
Kosaku Kanechika
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Junko Oki
Junko Oki stitches embroidery into old cloth and scrap fabric in an intricate and time-consuming way, as if engraving both the stitches and her own lived time into the accumulated narratives and chronologies of the material. Each piece has its own story, spun into works replete with a sense of new life, and new serendipities.
Oki previously worked in product design. One day, her daughter gave her a present of an embroidered bag using old Liberty print cloth that Oki’s late mother had treasured, created with very bold and liberated sensitivity. That impetus led Oki to start her artistic practice, using her mother’s former sewing tools and cloths. Oki sews old cloths together and applies stitching in a time-consuming process, before finally washing the work with soap and drying it. Old unwashed cloths turn the water black, and colored cloths display deeper coloring around their stitches. Oki calls this process “participating”, or “blending in”. In this way, the history of each cloth and the memories of the hands are evoked and given new life within Oki’s work. Each piece is made without under-drawings, and through the thinly threated stitches the images spread over the fabric with strong, vivid expressions that amaze the viewer. The exhibition will feature 12 new works.
Schedule | Jun 9 (Sat) 2018-Jul 21 (Sat) 2018 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jun 9 (Sat) 2018 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://kosakukanechika.com/en/exhibition/mitsu_to_imi/ | ||||
| Venue | Kosaku Kanechika http://kosakukanechika.com/ | ||||
| Location | 5F Terrada Art Complex, 1-33-10 Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Monorail or Rinkai line; From JR Shinagawa station, take the Toei bus (towards Yashio Park Town) and get off at Tennouzubashi. The venue is 3 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6712-3346 | ||||
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