toggle nav

detail

© faro WORKPLACE

Kaoru Usukubo

She Is. Your Alter Ego Found Right Next to You

詳細はこちら

Period
2023.9.30.Sat – 11.25.Sat
カレンダーに追加
Location
Nakameguro
アクセス情報を確認する

There is a box within a box. When you open that box, there come more boxes, one after another, until, in the end, they are gone. “A moment within a moment”. What we call reality is a set of boxes onto which time, space, and this physical body have been projected, layer over layer, after a long spiritual process.
The hands and words of these women who live in Tokyo seem to be very far, and yet draw near to us through the boxes of our thoughts. And as these words become, little by little, a part of the picture, as certain elements, shapes, and colors work in their respective layers, it crystallizes into a deep world that belongs to you alone.

Kaoru Usukubo

The Tokyo Biennale is held once every two years in the city of Tokyo. For this project, Kaoru Usukubo interviewed some women who work in the business district in the middle of Tokyo, and created a mural based on the inner worlds of these women. This work began with the stories from the respective women, and as such, can be considered a collaborative work beteween them and Usukubo.
Personal stories take on a universal quality through the creative process, and then circulate through the perspectives of the viewers, guiding various readings of the images. This then becomes part of a new memory.
This is a beautiful work where several different realities intricately co-exist, consistent with Usukubo’s approach to “portray a greater world through intimate perspectives.”. The original paintings on which the mural is based, as well as other unreleased works will be exhibited simultaneously.

translate/artoka

Related Exhibitions

◯Tokyo Biennale　 Sep 23 – Nov 5
Kokusai Building/Mitsubishi Corporation Building
◯Seibu Shibuya Showwindow Oct 31- Nov 13

Read More 詳細はこちら

詳細はこちら Close

Kaoru Usukubo

In 2010 Usukubo received her PhD (oil painting) from Tokyo University of the Arts. Associate professor of oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. Major solo exhibitions include “the circles open” (rin art association, Gunma, 2022), “SF” (MA2gallery Tokyo, 2021), “Kaoru Usukubo Daisuke Ohba” (LOOCK, Berlin, 2020), “Kaoru Usukubo Hannes Beckmann” (LOOCK, Berlin, 2017), “Crystal Voyage” (Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2012). Major group exhibitions and art festivals in which she participated include “Minimal/Postminimal: Painting and Sculpture since the 1970s” (Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi, 2013), “Yokohama Triennale 2011: Our Magic Hour” (Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, 2011) and “crystal moments” (LOOCK, 2011) Berlin among others.

Read More 詳細はこちら

詳細はこちら Close

  • Works
  • Work Place

Works

  • She Is. -her style-

    作品詳細を表示する

  • She Is. -in the third sleep-

    作品詳細を表示する

  • She is. -Alraune-

    作品詳細を表示する

  • The Language of Almond Flowers

    作品詳細を表示する

She Is. -her style-

She Is. Your Alter Ego Found Right Next to You

 

‘Hands and memories’ through anonymous interviews.

 

‘Hands and memories’ through anonymous interviews.
Inside one box is another box. When you open the box, new boxes appear one after the other inside it, until finally there is nothing. What is called ‘fleeting moments’ reality is a set of ‘boxes’ in which time, space and this body are projected layer by layer through mental processes. Imagination and reality are inseparable companions, and the ‘world’ exists only in our minds.
The hands and words of these Tokyo-based women, who seem to be completely far away, come right alongside you through the box of our thoughts. And when the words gradually become part of the picture, an element, a shape, a colour, crystallises in the same way as your world, working on different layers, but with depth.

Kaoru Usukubo

Year
2023
Material
oil and mixed technique
Size
100×100cm

She Is. -in the third sleep-

She Is. Your Alter Ego Found Right Next to You

‘Hands and memories’ through anonymous interviews.

‘Hands and memories’ through anonymous interviews.
Inside one box is another box. When you open the box, new boxes appear one after the other inside it, until finally there is nothing. What is called ‘fleeting moments’ reality is a set of ‘boxes’ in which time, space and this body are projected layer by layer through mental processes. Imagination and reality are inseparable companions, and the ‘world’ exists only in our minds.
The hands and words of these Tokyo-based women, who seem to be completely far away, come right alongside you through the box of our thoughts. And when the words gradually become part of the picture, an element, a shape, a colour, crystallises in the same way as your world, working on different layers, but with depth.

Kaoru Usukubo
 

Year
2023
Material
oil and mixed technique
Size
130.3×97cm

She is. -Alraune-

She Is. Your Alter Ego Found Right Next to You

‘Hands and memories’ through anonymous interviews.

‘Hands and memories’ through anonymous interviews.
Inside one box is another box. When you open the box, new boxes appear one after the other inside it, until finally there is nothing. What is called ‘fleeting moments’ reality is a set of ‘boxes’ in which time, space and this body are projected layer by layer through mental processes. Imagination and reality are inseparable companions, and the ‘world’ exists only in our minds.
The hands and words of these Tokyo-based women, who seem to be completely far away, come right alongside you through the box of our thoughts. And when the words gradually become part of the picture, an element, a shape, a colour, crystallises in the same way as your world, working on different layers, but with depth.

Kaoru Usukubo

Year
2023
Material
oil and mixed technique
Size
75×75cm

The Language of Almond Flowers

Year
2023
Material
oil on canvas
Size
33.2×24cm
詳細はこちら Back to List