| Yokoyokokawa: picnic |
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| Written by KALONSNET Editor |
| Published: April 26 2011 |
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Courtesy of the artist and TAKEDA ART Co. Yokoyokokawa’s first solo exhibition titled “Picnic”. We have selected ten strikingly attractive paintings which represent his distinctive arts from his fantasy world. The fantasy world, which he calls “the Republic of Wonder”, appears to be cheerful and innocent. In his world, in his paintings, children have mysterious eyes which are alarmed by fears for life in modern world and darkness of society. These paintings are depicted based on his personal traumas that he has suffered from society in his life. * The text provided by TAKEDA ART Co.. Dates: March 28 - April 28, 2011 |
| Last Updated on March 28 2011 |
Editor's Note by Maho TANAKA
Courtesy of the artist and TAKEDA ART Co.
Copyright © Yokoyokokawa
The children who Yokokawa draws are posing in a favorite dress as putting the steak and bread on the head and holding a fork in the hand. The features like a celluloid doll and the background in which only mountain and building group are drawn, would recall the culture of the special effects hero and boy magazine in the 40's 1955 - our parent generation were crazy about. The food such as steak and bread and the clothes of living seem to indicate the traces of their yearning and distance to the foreign culture and products in the past time. While seeing the works one by one, we will be interested in our culture and the origin.
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