Exhibition in Singapore “Mono no Aware”

29 Oct - 4 Nov 2019
@ION Orchard 4F ION Gallery Singapore

This exhibition to introduce Japanese Contemporary Art with the theme of “Mono no Arawe”, a core concept in Japanese aesthetics, is defined as the pathos of things.
We introduce Hara Takahiro, Kusumi Erika, Murakami Hitomi, Kondo Satomi, Tanaka Miho and Chiba Mika to the people of singapore. They create unique works through their own eyes looking at the present

Works

HARA Takahiro「Dos Periquitos」

KUSUMI Erika「Reunion 1」

「水中で笑う私」

「Please give up」

SATOMI Sui「profound」

Artists

HARA Takahiro

HARA, who studied Spanish contemporary realism painting, confronts the "existence" that lurks in everyday life. His unpretentious attitude toward all things, life and death, gives his work a universal beauty. His works show us that beauty and the value of life are scattered in everyday life.

MURAKAMI Hitomi

Speaking of ceramic figurines, we may conjure up Meissen or Lladoro porcelain wares which have flavors of optimistic romanticism. However, Murakami’s figurines of ceramics usually remind us of the association toward death. Most of them are represented by the decaying plant-like images of dying woman.

SATOMI Sui

Satomi Sui is obsessed with the thread. Threads intertwine with dried flowers, hands and feet, and thread upon thread intertwine and hang down. The world of thread and gravity, drawn mainly with a pen on Japanese paper, is delicate and serene, and seems to painstakingly trace the origins of the universe.

KUSUMI Erika

Photographer and web designer Erika Kusumi is a logical and clever photography artist. Traditionally, collages are made by cutting out images from magazines and the like, but she uses material she has photographed herself and delivers calculated, unified, and remarkable images that defy visual expectations.

近藤 智美

千葉 美香