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Kana Mitsunari "Semi-fiction"
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Kana Mitsunari
Kana Mitsunari was born in Yamaguchi pref. She worked in apparel after graduating from fashion school. But she couldn't give up on painting and entered Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo in 2019 and graduated in 2023. She is currently in graduate school at Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Tokyo. She is an up-and-coming artist who is attracting attention for her outstanding realistic paintings.
When you first see Mitsunari's work, the first thing that strikes you is her painting ability. The motifs are mainly of women, and the refined skill that conveys the texture of their skin and hair, the temperature, and the coldness of the dripping water is something to behold. While attending Musashino Art University, Mitsunari focused on copying classical Italian paintings, etc. for about a year and a half, dramatically improving her technical skills.
Using the expression skill, Mitsunari expressed her themes, the differences in perception regarding existence and matters, and the fluctuations in the choices that lead to that point. Specifically, it is based on the fact that when Mitsunari was young, she was informed of certain facts about her birth, which caused her perception to change, and that the impact she received at that time continues to this day. To express the fluctuation between fact and fiction, reality and unreality, Mitsunari's creations begin with acting out the actions performed in daily life. The performance is filmed several times and stitched together on a computer. Taking these "semi-fictional" images, which can be called "drawings," as a motif, Mitsunari's realistic paintings are the result of careful layering. The layers used in creating paintings overlap with everyday events and their perceptions, and the resulting work exists like reality itself, with the lower layers continuing to influence the upper layers.
This exhibition is her first solo exhibition after entering graduate school at Tokyo University of the Arts, and it will be a show in which she reconsiders her expression.
When you first see Mitsunari's work, the first thing that strikes you is her painting ability. The motifs are mainly of women, and the refined skill that conveys the texture of their skin and hair, the temperature, and the coldness of the dripping water is something to behold. While attending Musashino Art University, Mitsunari focused on copying classical Italian paintings, etc. for about a year and a half, dramatically improving her technical skills.
Using the expression skill, Mitsunari expressed her themes, the differences in perception regarding existence and matters, and the fluctuations in the choices that lead to that point. Specifically, it is based on the fact that when Mitsunari was young, she was informed of certain facts about her birth, which caused her perception to change, and that the impact she received at that time continues to this day. To express the fluctuation between fact and fiction, reality and unreality, Mitsunari's creations begin with acting out the actions performed in daily life. The performance is filmed several times and stitched together on a computer. Taking these "semi-fictional" images, which can be called "drawings," as a motif, Mitsunari's realistic paintings are the result of careful layering. The layers used in creating paintings overlap with everyday events and their perceptions, and the resulting work exists like reality itself, with the lower layers continuing to influence the upper layers.
This exhibition is her first solo exhibition after entering graduate school at Tokyo University of the Arts, and it will be a show in which she reconsiders her expression.
Schedule | Dec 13 (Wed) 2023-Dec 24 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Dec 13 (Wed) 2023 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://shimokitazawaarts.tokyo/en/mitsunarikana_semifiction_en/ | ||||
| Venue | Shimokitazawa Arts https://shimokitazawaarts.tokyo/en/home-english/ | ||||
| Location | 1F, 1-40-9 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 155-0031 | ||||
| Access | 4 minute walk from the East exit of Shimokitazawa Station on the Odakyu Odawara or Keio Inokashira line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6804-7636 | ||||
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