beautiful, and dirty

『beautiful, and dirty』 2022

WATOWA ART AWARD 2022 WINNERS

It was produced in a studio program at ANB Tokyo, which I have participated in since 2022/5. I was able to use the studio freely, and it was an opportunity for me to work on works of a size I couldn't draw at home, and I learned a lot about the existence and activities of other artists, and the way management works, in the city of Roppongi, which I wasn't familiar with.

It was my first work since I came to the studio, and it was my first No. 50 work to be the biggest in size. I was overwhelmed by the size of the panel, the amount of paint, and the size of the color surface that I couldn't draw in the room.

The floor in the Roppongi studio is gray. It was very lonely to work alone in a place that was too large.

I look back on those days by looking at the finished work, thinking that it might contain my own heartfelt feelings, the color of the floor, and the impression of the cityscape from the window.

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While working, I was creating paintings to display in my room without any need to present them.

Like eating and sleeping, painting for me, for my life.

One painting we can stay with for a long time.

I hung it on the wall of my studio and painted it before sleeping and when I woke up while living with the view.

There are no descriptive expressions, but the composition and colors have been adjusted, and each image has been completed in a satisfactory form.

It's a painting I drew for myself,

I would be happy to share it with all of you from now on.

Yokomura Aoi

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