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Yoshiko Fukushima "Iridescent Memories"
Gallery Momo Ryogoku
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Yoshiko Fukushima
Yoshiko Fukushima was born in Nagano, Japan in 1985, graduated from Musashino Art University in 2009 with a degree in oil painting, and won the Jury Prize at the Shell Art Award Exhibition in 2006 while still a university student, and the Grand Prix at the same award in 2007. In 2014, Fukushima illustrated a current affairs column for Shinano Shimbun and was selected for the binding of "Hyungnam oppa he: A Collection of Korean Feminist Novels.” Her work is in the collections of the Pigozzi Collection, the Benetton Foundation, and other institutions.
Fukushima's work is mainly portraits, and portraits and compositions of multiple figures have developed a unique expression of the human figure with slightly darker color tones. The colors applied to the faces of his paintings are as varied as the expressions on their faces, and his unique gaze sometimes reveals the artist's deep interiority, approaching the viewer with such intensity that it pierces the viewer.
In his new works, he seems to be shifting toward more realistic depictions while maintaining his early works' characteristic emotional and inner expression.
The title of this exhibition, "Iridescent Memories," translates as "iridescent memory," and Fukushima named it after the diversity of human perspectives. According to a psychological dictionary, memory is "a mental function consisting of three stages: inscription, retention, and recall." In the inscription, information is transformed into a form that can be retained in our minds, and the process of retrieving that retained information is recalled. This process transforms actual events and images differently according to individual interpretations. The figures, which she said she painted "based on the supernumerary, sparkling lights made of cognition," are painted in green, yellow, and red, but we cannot determine their specific emotions from their expressions, and they also look like grown-up children or adults who have returned to childhood. However, this is how the "someone" depicted by Fukushima intersects with the "someone" in our memories, creating a multiplicity of images.
Fukushima's work is mainly portraits, and portraits and compositions of multiple figures have developed a unique expression of the human figure with slightly darker color tones. The colors applied to the faces of his paintings are as varied as the expressions on their faces, and his unique gaze sometimes reveals the artist's deep interiority, approaching the viewer with such intensity that it pierces the viewer.
In his new works, he seems to be shifting toward more realistic depictions while maintaining his early works' characteristic emotional and inner expression.
The title of this exhibition, "Iridescent Memories," translates as "iridescent memory," and Fukushima named it after the diversity of human perspectives. According to a psychological dictionary, memory is "a mental function consisting of three stages: inscription, retention, and recall." In the inscription, information is transformed into a form that can be retained in our minds, and the process of retrieving that retained information is recalled. This process transforms actual events and images differently according to individual interpretations. The figures, which she said she painted "based on the supernumerary, sparkling lights made of cognition," are painted in green, yellow, and red, but we cannot determine their specific emotions from their expressions, and they also look like grown-up children or adults who have returned to childhood. However, this is how the "someone" depicted by Fukushima intersects with the "someone" in our memories, creating a multiplicity of images.
Schedule | Oct 22 (Sat) 2022-Nov 19 (Sat) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Gallery Momo Ryogoku https://en.gallery-momo.com/  | ||||
| Location | 1-7-15 Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0014 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit A3 at Ryogoku Station on the Toei Oedo line, 5 minute walk from the East exit of Ryogoku Station on the JR Sobu line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3621-6813 | ||||
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