OKANO
My paintings are layers of translucent substrates, colors, and shapes that create a wavering effect to slow observation. I am often moved by the ephemerality of nature. When I see sunlight filtering through the trees or reflecting on the surface of the water, it resonates with my inner self. It is feeling like there is no sense of time and space but at the same time, I am observing the transient elements. My work expresses the ambiguous "space/interval" where the ephemeral and the eternal come and go.
私の作品は、抽象的な光や空気の、うつろいを表現しています。
木漏れ日や水面のきらめきが、自分の内側と共鳴するような、不思議な感覚を抱く瞬間は、ふとした時に訪れます。
そしてそれらは、眼差しの中でゆっくりと交差します。
束の間と永遠、見えないものと見えるもの、内と外。それらが往還する、両義的で曖昧な空間をテーマに制作をしています。
These paintings are called “Islands.”
Atsumi Okano was born in one of the southern islands in Japan and moved to different places.
Her memories are tied to each land.
She made these hexagonal columns and painted all the surfaces because if she brought the hexagonal shapes together, they could fill the space without gaps.
For this installation, viewers are invited to the space to move these paintings as they want.
There is no upside or downside and it is stackable.
These two images are the same artwork but are shown in different spaces.
The left image is six pieces stacked as one painting. Even though these are the same piece, their form keeps changing according to the spaces.
Islands, Oil on Panel, Small/H100xW150xD130mm, Large/H205xW300xD270mm, 2015