CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is honored to announce an exhibition of recent works by Shanghai-based Japanese artist\u00a0Yoko Kiuchi\u00a0from November 10 \u2013 \u00a030, 2013. The exhibition consists of\u00a0six painted portraits (“What Color Is Your Self?”) in primarily water-based paints such as gouche with colorful floral backgrounds as well as\u00a0an installation of a dress (“Rebirth”) decorated with various natural matererials such as feathers, leaves, paper, cotton and lace.
\nAn Opening Reception with the artist\u00a0will be held Sunday, November 10, 2013 from 4:30 \u2013 6:30\u00a0pm.
\nEach portrait\u00a0expresses the colors of each person’s world. The background color reflects that person\u2019s life until now.\u00a0The butterfly and flower represent their will and thought. Particularly, rose is a kind of flower that stands for a person’s intent. Butterfly symbolizes their thought from their individual life experiences.
\nBy using a set of designed paper napkins and Japanese Origami including Chiyogami and Japanese rice paper (Washi), Kiuchi\u00a0created each person\u2019s distinctive look, their unique inner beauty.\u00a0The images of the flowers are created by cutting the shapes from different designer paper napkins. However, the colors that she picked for the paintings were her own inspirations.\u00a0
\nThe dress installation reflects\u00a0that the artist is a part of nature’s circle, a cycle of rebirth, as one among other various colors. The color of the dress itself represents natural light. The deocrations represent so many of the colors\u00a0that people express and experience throughout their lives.
\nAbout Yoko Kiuchi
\nYoko Kiuchi studied\u00a0Graphic Design\u00a0at Pratt Institute of Technology in NY and worked as a graphic designer for a few years before realizing that graphic design was not what she\u00a0wanted to do with\u00a0her\u00a0life. She became\u00a0more interested in fine arts and therefore decided to enter\u00a0the distant learning program in fine art at\u00a0Musashino Art University, in Tokyo.\u00a0
\nYoko Kiuchi’s Artist Statement:
\nI have lived in Tokyo, NY and currently live in Shanghai.\u00a0Though I have experienced\u00a0differences in race, religion and culture in the countries I have lived,\u00a0I realize\u00a0that art is universal and can be shared by people all over the world.\u00a0My intuition is guiding my work and\u00a0my art is expressed in colors combined with natural materials.
\nMy art work was inspired by the actual people I used as my models in my paintings.\u00a0I believe that the life style of others can inspire us, and by borrowing elements from that life style while making some personal adjustments to them, we can then create a new life style that is unique and best for ourselves.\u00a0By showing the colors of each person’s life, I allow the viewers to get a sense of their life.\u00a0I used to be intimidated by their strong artistic will.\u00a0However, by using them as my subjects in my paintings, I was able to discover my own hidden desires and interests in my life.\u00a0
\nEach of my models has wonderful love in his or her heart. They love looking at the bright side of their lives\u00a0and enjoy life itself a lot. Their life style attracts me very much because I feel something in common through the various stages of\u00a0my life as a housewife who took care of her father who had severe dementia, as a professional photographer raising a baby, and as an artist who performed at refugee camps in the Congo and\u00a0many other places in\u00a0\u00a0Europe, Asia, and South America….
\nThere is a variety of beautiful colors\u00a0all around us.\u00a0
\nEveryone in this world is working in your favor.
\nPeople inhale and then exhale again.\u00a0
\nEveryone has likes and dislikes.
\nAll people radiate a splendid color of themselves.
\nPlease enjoy your life with many colors coming from all different experiences.
\nMany thanks to my husband, Kai for all his time and help.\u00a0I would also like to thank\u00a0Yasuko, Christopher, Aya and all CRS members for offering me the opportunity\u00a0to have a solo show in CRS, NY.\u00a0Thank you very much for seeing my show.\u00a0
\nWith Love,
\nYoko Kiuchi
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