"Happy Patterns - Japanese Painting by Four Artists" Kanae Teshigahara, Nozomi Taira, Emi Tomizawa, Satsuki Ishii
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: October 2013, 5 (Tuesday) - October 7, 2013 (Friday)
Exhibitor: Kanae Teshigahara (1st year, Master's Program, Japanese Painting, Graduate School of Tsukuba)
Nozomi Taira (1st year, Master's program, Japanese painting, Graduate School of Tsukuba)
Emi Tomizawa (Japanese Painting Research Student, Graduate School of Art, Tsukuba)
Satsuki Ishii (2013 graduate of the Department of Japanese Painting, University of Tsukuba)
When do you usually feel happy? It seems that happiness is not the same for everyone. We all painted the same Japanese painting with the same theme of "happiness"...
T+review
This exhibition features four artists each expressing "happiness" in their own way. Looking at the works, each one uses a unique motif to express "happiness." However, why does it seem like they all somehow end up in the same direction, with cuteness, nostalgia, softness, etc.? Is this direction inevitable when expressing "happiness"?
No, there must be many more ways to express happiness.
The reason why the direction of "happiness" is similar is probably because "expressing happiness" tends to mean "expressing happiness in a way that conveys happiness." In other words, it is "expressing the results of happiness," such as happy events and memories.
It's a worn-out phrase, but there will of course be difficulties and suffering before arriving at "happiness." The act of expressing "happiness" should also have the form of expressing this "process of happiness." Even if it doesn't have an aura of "happiness,"Expressing a "happy" atmosphere, expressing a "happy" image. The reason this takes place may be because we unconsciously feel that the resulting "image of happiness" is easier to share with everyone than the individual-based process.
This exhibition made me realize once again how difficult it is to express the concept of "happiness."
This is similar to the difficulty of expressing "bonds" and "love." We tend to express results rather than the process, and as a result, the presence of each individual seems to fade. (Emiko Okano)
