JP|EN
Straw Paintings
M-Gallery (Ashikaga, September 2017)
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In Japanese folklore, the Straw Millionaire is a tale about a man who gains wealth through successive bartering. Taking inspiration from this process of adding value to valueless objects, in this exhibition I experimented with revising my old pieces and assigning new value to them. I directed this sense of renewal not only towards my own work, but also towards the greater Japanese art scene as well.
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わらしべ 1 (WARASHIBE 1) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1004×652mm Private Collection |
わらしべ 2 (WARASHIBE 2) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1901×872mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 3 (WARASHIBE 3) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1003×1001mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 4 (WARASHIBE 4) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1600×102mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 7 (WARASHIBE 7) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1167×910mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 8 (WARASHIBE 8)
2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
1303×972mm
Private Collection
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わらしべ 10 (WARASHIBE 10) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 806×531mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 11 (WARASHIBE 11) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 531×456mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 12 (WARASHIBE) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 533×332mm Private Collection |
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2017 Acrylic on cotton
456×381mm
Private Collection
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わらしべ 14 (WARASHIBE 14)
2017 Acrylic on cotton
457×381mm
Private Collection
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わらしべ 15 ((WARASHIBE 15) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 458×273mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 16 ((WARASHIBE 16) |
413×318mm
Private Collection
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わらしべ 17 (WARASHIBE 17)
2017 Acrylic on cotton
415×243mm
Private Collection
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わらしべ 18 (WARASHIBE 18) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 459×273mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 19 (WARASHIBE 19) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 277×220mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 20 (WARASHIBE 20) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 275×220mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 21 (WARASHIBE 21)
2017 Acrylic on cotton
278×161mm
Private Collection
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わらしべ 22 (WARASHIBE 22)
2017 Acrylicon cotton
277×160mm
Private Collection
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わらしべ 23 (WARASHIBE 23) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 277×160mm Private Collection |
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わらしべ 24 (WARASHIBE 24)
2017 Acrylic on cotton
180×142mm
Private Collection
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乱気流 (RANKIRYU) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 913×606mm |