"Bibiribari Bili" Noriko Sakanoshita June 2013, 6 - June 24, 2013
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: April 2013, 6 (Monday) - April 24, 2013 (Friday)
Exhibitor: Noriko Sakanoshita (3rd year, Western Painting Course, Fine Arts Major)
I apologize for this being a personal matter, but I decided to exhibit in the hopes of overcoming my fear, even if only a little.
I will exhibit paintings.
Please come and see.
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As I opened the door to the darkened exhibition room, the work on display at the front of the gallery jumped into my eyes. A woman's face is painted on a two-panel folding screen-like screen. However, the work is divided in two at the center, and between them, a mandala with something like a spell written on it appears. The women on both sides of the screen are supposed to be the same person, but they have different expressions on the left and right. The woman's expression can be perceived as somewhat sad, but at other times, she exudes a disturbing air of murderous intent. The quietly blooming red spider lily painted next to the woman is also known as the flower of the dead or the flower of hell, and exudes an eerie silence.
Regarding this exhibition, the artist said that he initially decided to exhibit his work in order to "overcome my fear (babili) even a little bit," but his feelings eventually changed to the idea that perhaps it is precisely when he is in the middle of painting, when he has cleared his mind and is in a completely blank state, that he is able to overcome his fear.
On the other hand, her works do not give the impression of being scared; rather, they are extremely dynamic and full of energy. Perhaps this energy is not just a pretense about her timidity, but is generated by her attitude of fighting back and trying to overcome it. Her creativity is not born from rejecting the attention of the outside world because of her timidity, but rather from her attempt to confront her paintings more deeply through her emotional drive to overcome her timidity. (Takahashi Wakana)
