Natsuko Tanihara “Matsurowanumono”
The first Tokyo solo exhibition by Natsuko Tanihara, currently enrolled in the doctoral program at Kyoto City University of Arts, will be held at the Ebisu gallery MEM.
Natsuko Tanihara is a young artist known for receiving the Encouragement Prize at the VOCA Exhibition in 2016 and the Goto Memorial Cultural Award New Artist Prize in 2017.
Oil, acrylic paint, oil pastel, glitter, rhinestones, and gold leaf on velvet
Rather than using canvas, Tanihara’s works are painted in oil on black velvet stretched over panels. She uses distinctive materials such as sequins and glitter to stage her worldview.
Oil, acrylic paint, oil pastel, glitter, rhinestones, and gold leaf on velvet
154.2cm×79cm, 2019, pastel on paper
Regarding the exhibition title “Matsurowanumono,” Tanihara explains: “Matsurowanumono refers to the peoples who fiercely resisted around the time the Yamato Court was being established. It means those who did not submit, those who did not obey.” She says that what she paints are the stories of these matsurowanumono.
Oil, acrylic, glitter, rhinestones, sequins on velvet
Tanihara says the matsurowanumono are beings who can only exist in the dark paths and dark places of the world, and that it is her work to weave the narrative worlds of these beings through painting.
This solo exhibition will consist entirely of new works.
It will include the display of large-scale pieces, and the world of Natsuko Tanihara promises to greatly expand.
Overview
Natsuko Tanihara Exhibition
“Matsurowanumono”
Dates: Tuesday, October 15 – Sunday, November 10, 2019
Venue: MEM (NADiff A/P/A/R/T 3F, 1-18-4 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013)
Hours: 12:00–20:00
Closed: Mondays [open on national holidays or their observed days, closed the following day]
Artist Talk & Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 19, 18:00–
Guest: Yasuyuki Nakai (Chief Curator and Deputy Director, The National Museum of Art, Osaka)
Admission: Free
*Opening reception to follow the talk
