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”Scab on Flower” (2008) copy right(c) Nana FUNO Nana Funo paints in restrained colors the sensitive motifs that are unique to young girls. Her repertoire includes images such as hooked needle crochet lace patterns, or a pattern of plants on an embroidery frame like round surface painted with dyestuff, gesso and acrylic paint layered to create a distinctive matiere. She has also worked on a series of traveling images, depicting symbolic architecture and scenery from various countries painted in relief-like texture. Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto is pleased to present Funo’s 8 new works in Painting. (which will be exhibited at two venues including TKG Editions, Kyoto ; 1st floor.) * The text was provided by Tomio Koyama Gallery. |
| Last Updated on June 19 2009 |
Editor's Note by Satoshi Koganezawa
This is surprisingly the first solo exhibition of Nana Funo who is still remembered with the exhibition at "VOCA 2009" (Ueno Royal Museum). Her new works including “Scab on Flower” (2008) which was also in VOCA 2009 are exhibited this time. I especially paid attention to the works exhibited in TKG Edition in Kyoto simultaneously held. 108 works (each 20×20cm) cover over the exhibition walls, and are said to have all been drawn in a short time of only two months. It is comfortable to view that the each fragmentary motif such as the forest, flora and fauna is gradually connected to each other on the canvas. It is not felt gloomy though many are minutely drawn because the white color used in a most effective way.
