A big blue lily

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“A BIG BLUE LILY”

F15

mixed media canvas

Inspired by H. Matisse's window work,

This picture depicts three women sitting by a cafe window.

One person is wearing a red kimono, and the other is Islamic dressed in white, and the red and white colors are reminiscent of the Japanese flag. The other one is an image of a Western woman.

I have been fascinated by the “quiet tension” and “soft coexistence” that are born the moment different cultures meet.

In this work, while drawing women chatting by the cafe window,

Through the scouts they wear, they symbolize the gaze of others in modern society.

People measure each other and live while being measured at the same time — that complicated intersection of lines of sight

It is superimposed on peaceful everyday scenes.

A coffee tree is sprouting from the coffee cup on the table.

It means that culture is exchanged like a drink, takes root, grows,

It's a metaphor for eventually creating a new story.

Outside the window, there is a glider with blue lilies blooming,

It functions as a poetic image of culture moving across the sky, transforming, and reinterpreting.

The “eye” drawn on the other window

Involve the viewer's own gaze in the work,

It reverses the question “who is watching whom.”

This is a reconstruction of the “fluctuation of the boundary between inside and outside” in Matisse's window works as a philosophy of modern perspective.

I would like to depict people standing at cultural crossroads with an allegorical yet intimate sense of distance.

This work is a place where evaluation society and intercultural dialogue overlap,

The gaze circulates, the boundaries are reversed,

It captures the moment when quiet dialogues sprout into a new world.

The girls hide their eyes follows the style of Iroka's works