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Saori Doi "The Gate was Opened"
The Loop Gallery
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Saori Doi
Saori Doi was born in Aichi Prefecture. She grew up in Kanagawa and Tokyo and completed her graduate studies at Tohoku University of Art & Design in 2010 in Japanese painting. She currently lives and works in Yamagata. The creatures, painted with an earth-like texture using rock paints, building materials, and pigments, are reminiscent of ancient Egyptian murals, with their faces and feet facing sideways and their bodies facing forward.
For Doi, creating works of art is a way to feel the presence of something larger than human knowledge, a ritual akin to a prayer or a spell. For this reason, all of Doi's works have an air of the sublime in common, inviting the viewer into a world of mystery.
The creatures that appear in her works as motifs, which can be taken as somewhere between humans and animals, focus on the pure yet somewhat cruel feelings that everyone had as a child, and can be seen as symbols of the symbiosis between humans and other creatures.
Saori Doi depicts a world where humans, animals, and plants are neither friend nor foe, but simply exist. There is no hate, no superiority or inferiority, just the "now" of time.
For Doi, creating works of art is a way to feel the presence of something larger than human knowledge, a ritual akin to a prayer or a spell. For this reason, all of Doi's works have an air of the sublime in common, inviting the viewer into a world of mystery.
The creatures that appear in her works as motifs, which can be taken as somewhere between humans and animals, focus on the pure yet somewhat cruel feelings that everyone had as a child, and can be seen as symbols of the symbiosis between humans and other creatures.
Saori Doi depicts a world where humans, animals, and plants are neither friend nor foe, but simply exist. There is no hate, no superiority or inferiority, just the "now" of time.
Schedule | Oct 28 (Fri) 2022-Nov 15 (Tue) 2022 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Oct 28 (Fri) 2022 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | The Loop Gallery https://www.theloopgallery.jp/  | ||||
| Location | 4F, 2-17-1 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0003 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit A1 at Toranomon-hills Station on the Hibiya line, 7 minute walk from exit 1 at Toranomon Station on the Ginza line, 8 minute walk from exit A3 at Uchisaiwaicho Station on the Toei Mita line. | ||||
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