"Floating Emotions" Izumi Kuramochi May 2015, 5 - May 11, 2015
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: April 2015, 5 (Monday) - April 11, 2015 (Friday)
Exhibitor: Izumi Kuramochi (2nd year student, Japanese Painting Course, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba)
I wanted to know, I wanted to draw.
Before it disappears, before it fades.
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The poster, with its blue flickering vibe, seemed to express her hidden heart. I went to the exhibition feeling as if I was seeing a side of her that I shouldn't see, as she usually gives off an innocent, laughing, and lively image.
There was her frank greeting on the wall just inside the entrance. To be honest, I was more touched by it than anything else. Is there any meaning to drawing? Will it change the world? Is it just self-satisfaction? The meaning of drawing that she found in the midst of many anxieties. That is what is expressed in this exhibition. The first work that catches the eye is titled "Side Profile," and shows the artist's profile, with her mouth stiff and her gaze turned strongly to the side. Perhaps the red ink used represents her strength of will. The delicate overlapping of lines that look like they have been carved out, which are unique to copperplate prints, also seems to be traces of her hesitation. She herself said, "I expressed each image one by one, as if I was trying to unravel and organize the chaos, and before the image I had begun to grasp disappeared." Looking around at the other works, her friends around her, her childhood dreams, wisteria, and finally her favorite shrimp were expressed in various ways such as copperplate prints and mineral pigments. All of them are things from her daily life. Small things stir emotions. Even her hesitation becomes a stimulus and attacks her. However, she is able to even accept those attacks and turn them into expression.
I realized that the word "floating" applies both in the air and in the water. The blue used in the poster evoked the image of water. Will she drown and sink, or will she put her feet on land? But perhaps she also knows this. That "floating" is the appeal of her work. That coming up with an answer, that putting your feet on land, is never the right answer. Just like the "side view" never tries to look forward. (Furuya Hanako)
