Imayō: Artist talk by painter KIMURA Ryōko

October 20, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Mānoa Campus, John Young Museum of Art

Painter KIMURA Ryōko talks about her work in this artist talk. She is one of six artists highlighted in the exhibition "Imayō: Japan's New Traditionists" on view at The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Oct. 2 – Dec. 2, 2016) and at the Honolulu Museum of Art (Oct. 13, 2016 – Jan. 9, 2017).

KIMURA Ryōko’s paintings evoke Japan’s "ukiyo-e" (pictures of the floating world) tradition, but with a twist—the substitution of Edo-period female beauties with contemporary male models creates images that fluctuate between the erotic and the comic.

http://www.hawaii.edu/art/exhibitions+events/exhibitions/?p=2229

Image: KIMURA Ryōko, "Purple Peony Prince Thumbelina," 2013; enameled porcelain plate, 30 x 30 x 8 cm (front). Courtesy of the artist.


Ticket Information
Admission is free. Parking fees may apply.

Event Sponsor
Art + Art History, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Sharon Tasaka, 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/art/exhibitions+events/exhibitions/?p=2181

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