Sachiko Kamiki “Ultramarine and Copper Red”
“We peer into and physically sense, through countless eyes, the fact that we cannot live an immense span of time in pure and unblemished innocence.” —Sachiko Kamiki
I visited Sachiko Kamiki’s solo exhibition “Ultramarine and Copper Red.” The venue is Whitestone Ginza New Gallery in Ginza.
Whitestone Gallery Ginza New Gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition of Sachiko Kamiki, “Ultramarine and Copper Red.”
Sachiko Kamiki completed the master’s program in Western Painting at Joshibi University of Art and Design Graduate School in 2017, and was awarded the Fukuko Okubo Prize, which is given to outstanding students. This will be her second solo exhibition, following the one held at Karuizawa New Art Museum, and her first in Tokyo.Kamiki’s works, through symbolic motifs such as flowers, snow, and windows, question the state of contemporary society, the existence of the individual, and their mutually eroding relationship. The new motif introduced in this exhibition is the “eye.” As the title indicates, the works are structured through a dialogue between the two colors of “ultramarine (blue)” and “copper red (red).” That dialogue is at once the intersection of the gaze between viewer and artist, and the artist’s own introspection as she confronts herself.
Please take this opportunity to enjoy the grand vision of Sachiko Kamiki’s world, in which she distills the dynamism of contemporary “bodily sensation” beyond mere sight into an orthodox tableau. We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery.
In many of the works, as expressed in the title, “blue and red paper airplanes” are seen in flight.
Blue represents men, red represents women, and the paper airplanes are said to symbolize their lives.
In the guest book, there was also an illustrated comment from Miwa Komatsu, an artist and fellow Joshibi alumna.
The works were characterized by vivid, striking paints.
How is my own paper airplane flying right now? Where is it flying to? Musing on such thoughts, I left the venue.
