Urara Imai “project N 78”
I visited the solo exhibition by Urara Imai. The venue is the 4F Corridor of Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. This exhibition is part of the venue’s “project N” series, an initiative aimed at fostering and supporting young artists.
Urara Imai is the daughter of the painter Shingo Imai.
As introduced in Shingo Imai’s book “The Homework Picture Diary,” she was born with hearing impairment and chose the path of a painter with the idea of acquiring a skilled profession.
Urara Imai is an artist who has painted many depictions of butter toast, and one was even chosen for the cover of Ichiko Uemoto’s essay collection.
Urara Imai’s works center on still life paintings that capture moments of everyday life.
When Yuichi Hirako’s solo exhibition overlapped with Tomoo Gokita’s show, works paying homage to Gokita were on display. This time the exhibition overlapped with Kazuo Shiraga’s show, but there were no related works. With works like a comical dog piece evoking Van Gogh, this became an exhibition that shone with Urara Imai’s characteristic unpretentious, at-her-own-pace charm.
