"Escape" Aya Wada October 2013, 10 - October 15, 2013
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: October 2013, 10 (Tuesday) - October 15, 2013 (Friday)
Exhibitor: Aya Wada (1st year master's student in visual design, art major)
Exhibition of illustration works
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The works, titled "Escape," are simple illustrations in all black. They are characterized by soft, thick black lines drawn with ink. Although the works depict shapes resembling human heads, none of them have facial features. By removing the complex elements of the face, the beauty of the lines themselves and the lines of the body are conveyed directly. "I draw lines that I am satisfied with, like calligraphy," says the artist. If you step back from the motif and focus only on the lines, the gently extending lines make you feel comfortable. Also, the lack of concrete elements allows the viewer to expand their imagination in a wide range. This high degree of freedom in viewing is one of the attractions of her works.
The first thing that catches your eye upon entering the gallery is a work in which the contours of a face are ambiguous and blurred. The "blurred" movement is an expression that gives a slight gap in time before and after a single frame that depicts a certain point in time. It creates an instability that is not fixed in one place, and gives the feeling of escaping from the reality that exists now. In contrast, the five works lined up on the other wall give the impression of still time, as if they captured the moment of someone passing by at an intersection. The "moments" she captures replay in our minds scenes that we have seen somewhere before.
The title of this exhibition, "Escape," does not refer to escapism. This behavior, which is often criticized, is merely one step in leading oneself to success if there is a bright future ahead of the escape. The escape she depicts may be a snapshot of that. (Takahashi Wakana)
