Event
Aya Kawato Solo Exhibition
Artist:Aya Kawato
Jun 19,(Sat) – Jul 17(Sat) ,2021
Hours: 12:00 ~ 18:00
Closed: Sunday, Monday and national holiday
Admission: free
https://www.imuraart.com/exhibition/2021/05/scopic.html
Venue
Imura art gallery kyoto
https://www.imuraart.com
Access: 31, Kawabata-Higashi Marutamachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto,
606-8395, Japan
Tel: 075-761-7372
About
Imura Art Gallery is pleased to announce “織(Ori)Scopic,” a solo exhibition by Aya Kawato and her first in Japan in 3 years.
Since she was a small child, Aya Kawato has been influenced by her neuroscientist father. This influence fostered an awareness that the world is perceived through the brain, and made her particularly interested in optical illusions. After studying textiles as an undergraduate in Kyoto, Kawato sought out different methods of expression and arrived at her current grid painting style which expresses themes of control and imperfection. Her visual practices focuses on forming an empathetic connection with the viewer regarding the existence of areas beyond the reach of human knowledge and created through these moments of imperfection. Kawato has based her practice on the words of Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961), an advocate of the mingei (folk craft) movement, who wrote in Bashofu Monogatari, “The beauty of kasuri textiles lies precisely in the fact that the patterns contain imperfections within them.” With this concept of “kasuri style” imperfection in mind, Kawato recognized that the imperfect kasuri textiles hold a beauty that reflects the limits of intentional expression and has incorporated this idea into her own creative process. This exhibition will feature 12 new works which contain 45 degree diagonal lines layered into Kawato’s usual grid compositions. Wallpaper will also be used alongside these paintings to create an immersive, fluctuating installation experience for viewers as they move throughout the exhibition space. We hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity and come experience the work for yourself.
reference: Kawato, Aya. 2018. ‘Researching structures of control and imperfection in Oshima Tsumugi textiles.’ Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo.
