"Three Year Western Painting Exhibition" Fumika Horikoshi, others June 2016th - July 6st 27
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 6th (Friday), 27
Exhibitor: Fumika Horikoshi (3rd year, Western Painting Course)
Hikaru Sakai (3rd year, Western Film Course)
Nanase Kawaji (3rd year, Western Film Course)
Hinako Nomura (3rd year, Western Film Course)
This is an exhibition by third-year students in the Western Painting course of the Fine Arts major.
T+review
When we hear "Western-style paintings," we tend to think of Western classical paintings. The term "Western-style paintings" alone does not allow us to determine whether Western films are being used in contrast to Japanese films, or whether the paintings are painted in a Western style. To distinguish them from films, the paintings are called "Western-style paintings." It's as if paintings exist because of the West. But were what I saw really Western-style paintings? The common thread seems to be that each artist's individuality is bursting with each other and seemingly disjointed. A girl floating in water, a boy of their choice, a Western-style man staring intently at us... Each artist painted what they liked. These were people and landscapes that viewers could sympathize with. If tradition is treated as something noble and leaves the hands of ordinary people, it is in danger, and its life is like a dying candle. However, by taking it up again and presenting it as the way of art in the modern age, Western paintings are given new life in the modern age. When something new is created, the old does not disappear. When something new is born, the classics return to prominence and demonstrate their value. And vice versa. It was an exhibition that made me feel the potential of Western painting, even if it may be immature. (Hanako Furuya)
