VOCA 2020: The Vision of Contemporary Art — New Faces of Flat Surface Artists
I visited VOCA 2020 “The Vision of Contemporary Art — New Faces of Flat Surface Artists.”
The venue is The Ueno Royal Museum.
The Ueno Royal Museum
Prize-Winning Works
Here I introduce the six prize-winning works of this exhibition.
VOCA Prize Nerhol, “Remove,” inkjet print“Remove” (detail)VOCA Encouragement Prize Mika Kan, “A Happy Birthday,” inkjet print; “#selfiewithme,” iPad“#selfiewithme” (detail)VOCA Encouragement Prize Jong-ok Ri, “Olympia 2020,” ink, acrylic, digital print, panel, paper“Olympia 2020” (detail)VOCA Honorable Mention Nana Kuromiya, “Image — Signpost on the Ended Path,” acrylic, oil, wood panel, canvasVOCA Honorable Mention Hanako Miyamoto, “The White Fades Away — Mein Tagebuch —,” photo printing paper, frame, display, translucent curtain, embroidery threadInstallation viewOhara Museum of Art Prize Yuriko Asano, “Kuchiake,” oil, mizugoshi pigment, mineral pigment, wood panel, washi
Other Featured Works
Here I introduce the other works on display.
Michele Ange, “sway / sacred ritual / resonance / splash / ascension / light stone / tunnel / drop,” aluminum paper, oil, panel; “angular,” aluminum paper, acrylic, panelKuniyoshi Ikushima, “Ahare Nari Wagami no Hate ya Asamidori Tsuini wa Nobe no Kasumi to Omoeba,” oil, wax, ceramic paints, canvas Kuniyoshi Ikushima, “Wabinureba Mi wo Ukikusa no Ne wo Taete Sasou Mizu Araba Inamu to zo Omou,” oil, wax, ceramic paints, canvasEiko Ishizawa, “The Boundary of Plane, Line, and Intention,” wood, cloth, paint, kite stickLinda Inamine, “Searchlight,” inkjet print, frame, LCD displayAya Imamura, “Picture of Flowers: Chrysanthemum, Gentian, Zinnia,” plaster, encaustic, panelEtsu Egami, “Portrait of communication,” oil on canvasNatsuki Oyagi, “A Cursory, Rip-Off Pattern of Memories,” acrylic, cutting sheet, silkscreen, wood panelTakumi Kato, “Macaroni,” wood, aluminum, jesmonite, resin plaster, plaster, pigmentSaji Kim, “The Women Set Out on a Journey and Gave Songs and Flesh,” inkjet print, aluminum mount, frameHiroshi Kimura, “TYPE64 7.62×51mm NATO — I Have Fired a Gun, But Have Never Shot a Person —,” transfer print on cloth (T-shirts, used clothes), metal fence, hangers, fishing line, threadIkuko Kokubun, “Yet Another River Flowed Out of Eden and Watered the Electrons,” acrylic, oil on canvasAsami Kobayashi, “Gift — The Contents of the Gift are Already Known —, Waiting Room of Overthinking, Playground of Tomorrow’s Me, Room Through Cotton Candy,” oil, acrylic, canvasKenta Kobayashi, “Dizzy #smudge, Dizzy #smudge #invert,” inkjet print, acrylic mountAine Jo, “my pieces,” oil on canvasMichi Suwa, “The Front-Facing Island,” oil, acrylic on canvasAtsuki Takamoto, “Assembly-Type Society (Gap Between Pattern and Contrast),” acrylic paint, plate signboard (aluminum composite panel)Natsuki Takayama, “World of entanglement 2020,” acrylic, oil, thread, wood panel“World of entanglement 2020” (detail)Sayaka Tada, “Retinal Detachment,” acrylic, metal, washi, plastic, shina plywoodMariko Tachihara, “Itsuku-shima,” “On the Road to Kagayama,” “Landscape with Utaki,” embroidery thread, window screenLeft: Natsuko Tanaka, “ANDROGYNOS #1,” “ANDROGYNOS #2,” acrylic on canvas Right: Rui Mizuki, “Shigam #5,” mixed mediaTakuro Tamayama, “5 shapes (Sally green),” acrylic mirror, LED fluorescent lamp, aluminum, stainless steelUso Fujishiro, “Lounge of earthly delights / Oruyankée aux Enfers,” acrylic, oil-based ink, wood panelMasahiro Masuda, “Moment’ #37,” silkscreen, acrylic, gesso, wood panel, canvasReina Sanpei, “Landscape,” oil on canvasMaka Yamaguchi, “Opening the Surface (Stars / Connecting Orion and Scorpius),” “Opening the Surface (Stars / Connecting Points c and g),” “Opening the Surface (Stars / Transparent Coordinates),” ink, frame, paperTsutomu Yamamoto, “cosmic net,” urethane paint, FRP
Continuing on from last year, there was a notable presence of works based on photography.
With such a diverse range of works gathered together, this promises to be an occasion offering viewers a wide-ranging viewing experience.
