Straw Paintings
M-Gallery (Ashikaga, September 2017)
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.
| わらしべ (WARASHIBE) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1004×652mm Private Collection |
わらしべ2 (WARASHIBE2) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1901×872mm Private Collection |
 わらしべ3 (WARASHIBE3)2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1003×1001mm Private Collection |
| わらしべ4 (WARASHIBE4) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1600×102mm Private Collection |
 わらしべ7 (WARASHIBE7) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 1167×910mm Private Collection |
2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton
1303×972mm
Private Collection
| わらしべ10 (WARASHIBE10) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 806×531mm Private Collection |
 わらしべ11 (Warashibe11)2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 531×456mm Private Collection |
わらしべ12 (Warashibe12) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 533×332mm Private Collection |
わらしべ13 (WARASHIBE13)2017 Acrylic on cotton
456×381mm
Private Collection
わらしべ14 (WARASHIBE14)2017 Acrylic on cotton
457×381mm
Private Collection
| わらしべ15 (Warashibe15) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 458×273mm Private Collection |
| わらしべ16 (Warashibe16) |
413×318mm
Private Collection
2017 Acrylic on cotton
415×243mm
Private Collection
わらしべ18 (WARASHIBE18) 2017 Acrylic and Carborundum on cotton 459×273mm Private Collection |
 わらしべ19 (WARASHIBE19)2017 Acrylic on cotton 277×220mm Private Collection |
| わらしべ20 (Warashibe20) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 275×220mm Private Collection |
わらしべ21 (WARASHIBE21)
2017 Acrylic on cotton
278×161mm
Private Collection
2017 Acrylicon cotton
277×160mm
Private Collection
| わらしべ23 (WARASHIBE23) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 277×160mm Private Collection |
2017 Acrylic on cotton
180×142mm
Private Collection
| 乱気流 (RANKIRYU) 2017 Acrylic on cotton 913×606mm |