"As we know modern Japan is a dialogue between tradition and contemporary life. This project is a research on female body representation in anime, manga and Japanese prints. Furthermore, it is a comparison between Onna Musha’s (female warriors) representation in pre-modern Japanese prints with the contemporary hypersexualized female representation of today’s anime and manga. It’s a series of sculptures that represent the duality of the previously mentioned iconography and aesthetic, through delicate and translucent pieces. The exhibition has an important Japanese historical analysis where symbols are used to depict the fluctuation between fragility and strength. For the artist, it is important to question today’s female representation and think of culture as a media where bodies can be thought of as a form of communication. The title Visual Pleasure and Narrative honors the text of Laura Mulvey who created the Male gaze term, an important term for this exhibition and the artist’s work while questioning the spectator and creator at the same time."
2023 Solo show Kyoto Japan
Exhibition curated by Scott Hunter
in Arts Spot Korin
This project was possible thanks to
The Great Britain Sasakawa Award
Read more- Through Katie's Cutforth article about the project and exhibition.
External Body
2023
Resin and metal structure
1/10
Video Visualization of the Exhibition
15 mtn Talk about the project closing the exhibition 2023
(English and Japanese)
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