The series of this pink work began as a result of a hoot. Unintentionally, the work appeared on its own. I had intended to do more work on it, but when I woke up in the morning and looked at the work, it was already finished, something that has happened only a few times in my nearly 40 years of painting life, but it happens from time to time.
I once read somewhere that women are attracted to the color pink because of "memories of the hunter-gatherer era. Women, who were mainly gatherers, used to search for flowers and fruits in green trees with their eyes to feed themselves and their families. The theory is that "pink is the color of the flowers and fruits. I wonder if that distant memory made me choose this color.
Pink is not only the color of fruit, but also the color of skin, flesh, and organs. As I deal with this color on a daily basis, I become undeniably aware of the "body" and its "temperature. Warm folds and pulsating shadows. It expands and contracts in both the micro and macro scale, enveloping and releasing. The experience of being overwhelmed and tossed about by the "colors of life" while being absorbed by its charms is both painful and truly stimulating.
I would like to create a space unique to painting while giving richer form to the various images and experiences given to me by this color on the stage of abstraction, which I have been working on for many years.
This work is painted on thin polyester fabric with acrylic paints, pigments, and sometimes mineral paints, which have been used in Japan for centuries. The work is gradually created by layering a thin layer of water-soluble paint over and over again on a slightly translucent fabric. Painting on polyester cloth produces paintings with a unique texture. I have been painting on polyester cloth for over 20 years because I love its unique texture so much. Perhaps it is because it reminds me of the beautiful Japanese sugar candy that I have admired since childhood.
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