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My series of works combines traditional Japanese painting with contemporary ideas, exploring the theme of “time and scenery that connects the past and the present”.
The title of this exhibition is “Fly Us to The Moon,” inspired by the famous song by Frank Sinatra. On September 12, 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at Rice University in Houston, Texas, where he said, “We choose to go to the Moon.” Humans landed on the Moon for the first time in July 1969 with the success of the Apollo 11 mission. Although we still cannot live on the Moon, I imagined a world where we live on the Moon and in space, and created my work based on that image.
In Japanese painting, landscapes often include elements like mountains, rivers, and the moon, which have long been favored subjects. Furthermore, in both Japan and China, landscape painting has not only depicted real scenery since ancient times. Landscape painting became associated with “immortal philosophy,” leading to the portrayal of “utopias” and “imaginary landscapes.” I have layered the concept of an ideal realm with an idea of the unseen universe and am depicting space as a ” contemporary landscape painting.”
The technique of painting on silk using ink, animal glue, shell white, and mineral pigments is a traditional Japanese painting method. By using this classical technique to depict space, I aim to symbolize the connection between the past and present through my unique vision of painting.
