"The Great Escape." Natsuki Ota April 2013, 4 - April 22, 2013
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: April 2013, 4 (Monday) - April 22, 2013 (Friday)
Exhibitor: Natsuki Ota (2nd year, Japanese Painting Course, Fine Arts Major)
"I" have been running away from "myself" for about 20 years...
This is all of it.
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That space was "her" world.
Upon entering the gallery, there is a space wrapped in packing material beyond the main entrance marked "Directions." On the walls are jumbled displays of works from the past to the present, including graffiti, self-portraits, rough sketches of faces, and childhood picture diaries. Perhaps because of this, the timeline of each piece seems distorted. The pieces are also hung upside down, creating a strangely eerie atmosphere. Occasionally, the counter hanging from the ceiling flickers into view as it sways in the air.
The Great Escape - What she has been running away from for twenty years is herself. She has been portraying herself and at the same time running away from herself.I wanted to hang up the "me" that constitutes my current self and continues to monitor me within it, and to escape from it, even if only for a moment. (Exhibitor's comment)
In this upside-down world, the only thing facing forward is a panel of the Mona Lisa, but without a face. The work seems to tell us her feelings. Her hanging faces stare at us as if inducing a loss of our identity. What does it mean to be who we are? Who exactly am I? The fear of not knowing who you are is similar to the feeling you get as a child when you get lost and can't find your way home. What you see there is a reality that will make you want to cry. (Takahashi Wakana)
