Life is the starting point of death and death is the last stop of life.
The death is the starting point of life and  life is the last stop of the death.

This exhibition is consisted of the trilogy of “flower burial”, “love dance” “flux” and the series of “COMA” derived from the trilogy.

“flower burial” is drawn imaging a funeral based on the composition of the group photo. They died a natural death and dead bodies were buried as they had been pictured.

“love dance” is inspired with a wedding. It says that life never stays long in one place.
“flux” shows metempsychosis. You can see the coexistence of life and death included in the huge stream of the world.

Life of a man is like a flower which blooms and falls.
I wish I could live with dancing pleasantry and lightly.

Plants, insects and animals are often seen in her pictures very naturally. They live their own lives as we do.

“love dance” has the  power to dance as flowers are in full bloom.
“flower burial” expresses the silence when one goes back to dust.

By drawing death consciously, the death which is cheek by jowl with life is accepted by them as the destiny they cannot avoid and the life is emphasized much more.

Blooming flowers in “flux” is the suggestion of the revival in contrast to the bone of dinosaur. Poppy can take as a symbol of the invitation to the enchanting world because narcotic is made of poppy.

The “COMA” series depict the girls covered with flowers. It seems to be a part of “flower burial” at a glance. However, we cannot distinguish if she is alive or dead because her cheek is redden like Sleeping Beauty. Since Maeda makes the boundary line between the life and death vague, we feel we stray into the territory between a dream and a reality.

* The text provided by YOKOI FINE ART.

Opened dates: June 25 - July 10, 2010