Iroriumu
I visited the Osaka gallery “Iroriumu.” Beneath the railway tracks, a space houses four galleries, each holding an exhibition in a different genre. I love this kind of art complex — I’m delighted by the ease of enjoying all sorts of art at once, and the fun of switching gears each time I view a different exhibition.
Soyusha Exhibition
I saw “Soyusha Exhibition No.14,” held at the exhibition space “89α” in the building at the back once you enter Iroriumu. It’s a joint exhibition of an art school called “Soyusha,” and the participating artists are the following: Masato Kaku, Ayaka Kawazoe, Nobuo Takanashi, Jörg Brendle, Tomoko Horiguchi, Yasuko Murata, Kumiko Yagi, and Aki Yamada.
It’s an artist group formed by fellow painters from the fine-arts department, and they apparently hold an exhibition once a year.
Washi × Aluminum Foil
Among the participating artists, the one that caught my eye was Masato Kaku’s series of works. They are three-dimensional pieces that look as if made with origami, with animals and dragons as their motifs.
Each was colored in a single hue, but what was interesting was the process of making the works.
Apparently they are shaped into three-dimensional works by layering washi and aluminum foil together, and then colored. What was interesting is that the material at the start of production basically begins from a “square.”
Even a very large work is made using square material.
The texture is nice, too, and the way the color goes on and its vividness feel good.
A slightly unusual work was also on display.
Feeling a little as if I were gazing at “Chogokin,” the die-cast toys that thrilled me as a child, I was able to savor the works deeply.
I liked them so much that I decided to welcome one work home. The works were inexpensive, too.
Thank you very much.
