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| Floating Island (2012) |
This japanese artist was mentioned in nel's essay and I found their work very inspiring. The composition, the carefree tone of it all... I feel like I can hear the birds chirping. I liked the figures a lot too. How they seem to be floating though they are within a set space. The colours and lighting as well, there is something very calm yet a bit unsettling about it. Like the figure is currently in an escape from reality.. the dread...
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| Invisible (2011) |
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| I See Season (2010) |
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| Confused, scattered, but loving you (2006) |
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| Been here all the time (2013) |
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Makiko Kudo’s hauntingly beautiful paintings chart a quietly charged course between loveliness and loneliness. At Marc Foxx, the Tokyo-based 32-year-old’s oils on canvas evoke bittersweet memories of bygone days, giving visitors to revisit childhood without turning into a sappy cliché .
Part f the power of Kudo’s images derives from their formal toughness, compositional savvy and spot-on paint handling. Two 12-feet-long paintings, “Missing” and “Manager of The End of the World”, make you think of Monet’s gorgeous water lilies and Rousseau’s dreamy realism without forcing the comparisons ort getting bogged down in portent. Similarly, Matisse’s Fauvist phase burbles into consciousness when you stand before “Insomnia,” the show’s serene knockout. "