Past Fair

ART TAINAN 2023

2023/03/17 - 19

ART TAINAN 2023

2023/03/17 - 19
@SILKS PLACE TAINAN Hotel (booth:703)

In our room we introduce comprehensive fine Japanese arts, not only contemporary but also modern arts including Edo period.

チン・ぺイイ(陳 珮怡)「稚氣」
チン・ぺイイ(陳 珮怡)「稚氣」

First of all, we show the works from 5 talented artists.

Chen Pei Yi, we call her “The best cats’ painter in the East”. In Japan she is getting more and more popular in recent years as same as in Taiwan, including the publication of art book. The characteristic of her works is letting go of the definition or stereotype that cats are just cute. She lives with cats together and paints as they are. We can see her love to cats through her paintings.

吉田 樹保「新訳風土記集 其ノ参 観月峠 四什壱」
吉田 樹保「新訳風土記集 其ノ参 観月峠 四什壱」

Generally, art works attempt to depict “something” within a frame which is relevant to the “reality” or “conception” in the outer world of a frame. In Yoshida Mikiho’s case, her interest lies in Japanese old customs mirroring our ancestors’ attitudes towards the problems; how to cope with life and death. Her arts are produced out of journalistic coverage. On one hand, her expression is light and nimble with kitsch appearance. On the other, they look bizarre with a feeling of some sort of dark sexual ferociousness.

Yanagida Mari paints transparent female figures using Japanese painting techniques. The women in her works wear a fragile atmosphere, but at the same time, they also have a dignified strength. Along with their facial expressions, the fingertips and toes are also a must-see. The subtle angles of the fingertips and toes express the emotions and fluctuations of the characters.

Kameyama Haruka depicts a chaotic world that seems to be a mixture of dreams and reality. Characters that appear in psychedelic colors are nostalgic and move around in dioramas created by the artist herself. The base of the work is a diorama photograph on which the painting is applied. Additionally she also uses image processing tools for smartphones. You cannot take your eyes off her pop and strange world.

Kano Moeko paints somewhat inorganic girls who look like dolls or robots in oil. Hailing from and living in the countryside, her works are enveloped in a stillness as if she were thrown out alone in a residential area at night. The eyes that look at us seem to be peering into the depths of our hearts. Her works, in which she expresses the anxiety, fear, and emptiness that arise within her by entrusting them to the figures, depict the fluctuating and unstable nature of human beings. The carefully drawn skin in various colors is another highlight of his work.

In addition as representative contemporary artists we will exhibit the excellent works of Yayoi Kusama, Yoshitomo Nara, Takashi Murakami. We exhibit also Tsuguharu Foujita and Kinichiro Ishikawa, very popular Japanese modern artist, as well as Ukiyo-e prints of Hiroshige, Utamaro and Hokusai.

Artists

チン・ぺイイ(陳 珮怡)
台湾生まれ。2011年東海大学大学院美術研究専攻修了。 膠彩で人物と猫を描く台湾の画家。今、最も話題の「猫描き」である。
吉田 樹保
アートは枠の中で「何か」を表現するが、それは枠の外にある「現実」や「概念」との繋がりからもたらされる。吉田樹保の場合は、ときにその興味は風俗の古層に向かう。日本人はこれまで如何に生と死に向かい合ってきたか。ジャーナリストのような取材から彼女のアートは立ち上がってくる。
亀山 晴香
1998 年生まれ。宮城県出身・在住。東北芸術工科大学大学院芸術文化専攻絵画領域修了。
「娯楽」と「矛盾」をキーワードに、玩具などを用いて作られたジオラマ写真とキャラクターのアナログペインティングを融合した作品や、スマートフォン用画像加工アプリを制作技法として加える作品などを主に制作している。
柳田 真理
加納 萌子
人との関わりの中、世の中の様々な事象に触れる中で、自身の内に発生する不安や恐れ、虚無感を人物の姿に託し表現する。油彩によって描かれるきめ細かな肌、透き通った瞳はどこか無機質でロボットや人形のようでもある。

Map

SILKS PLACE TAINAN Hotel (booth:703)
SILKS PLACE TAINAN Hotel
No. 1, Heyi Rd, West Central District, Tainan City, 700