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Author Deep Dive Column | Kayo Aoyama. The Mome...
Images from the 2025 solo exhibition "Flower Patterns"Kayo Aoyama apparently loved drawing ever since she was a child, often doodling in her notebooks during class. She majored in Swedish at...
Author Deep Dive Column | Kayo Aoyama. The Mome...
Images from the 2025 solo exhibition "Flower Patterns"Kayo Aoyama apparently loved drawing ever since she was a child, often doodling in her notebooks during class. She majored in Swedish at...
Writer's Deep Dive Column | Moving Between Subj...
The image shows Asami Sato's atelier. I want my works to blend into everyday life, yet feature clever colors and shapes. Such a clear intention resides in Asami Sato's works....
Writer's Deep Dive Column | Moving Between Subj...
The image shows Asami Sato's atelier. I want my works to blend into everyday life, yet feature clever colors and shapes. Such a clear intention resides in Asami Sato's works....
Writer's Deep Dive Column | Yumi Takimoto, Abst...
While Yumi Takimoto's works possess a clear presence of paint, they never feel suffocating to behold. The thickly applied colors and white paint seek equilibrium within the canvas, and this...
Writer's Deep Dive Column | Yumi Takimoto, Abst...
While Yumi Takimoto's works possess a clear presence of paint, they never feel suffocating to behold. The thickly applied colors and white paint seek equilibrium within the canvas, and this...
Where color and line meet. The work of Eliza De...
When I first saw Elisa's work, my immediate thought was, "Art and design overlap so naturally." There are grid-like structures, yet gentle curves coexist on the same canvas. Organized logic...
Where color and line meet. The work of Eliza De...
When I first saw Elisa's work, my immediate thought was, "Art and design overlap so naturally." There are grid-like structures, yet gentle curves coexist on the same canvas. Organized logic...
In-depth Column on Artists | Melting Boundaries...
Abstract art has a way of reaching us before words do. Before we can even describe what is depicted, a certain atmosphere or presence emerges. Satomi Tanji's works are precisely...
In-depth Column on Artists | Melting Boundaries...
Abstract art has a way of reaching us before words do. Before we can even describe what is depicted, a certain atmosphere or presence emerges. Satomi Tanji's works are precisely...
Writer's In-Depth Column | Embracing the Season...
When I look at Ayano Ichiyanagi's work, I feel like my breathing settles. The orange of the Campsis (trumpet vine), the yellow of the Coreopsis, the purple of the Oxalis....
Writer's In-Depth Column | Embracing the Season...
When I look at Ayano Ichiyanagi's work, I feel like my breathing settles. The orange of the Campsis (trumpet vine), the yellow of the Coreopsis, the purple of the Oxalis....
Artist Deep Dive | “It Feels Alive” — ado (Maki...
The creatures ado draws never push their cuteness too far to the front. They meet your eyes, and yet they don’t pin anything down. They have expressions, and yet they...
Artist Deep Dive | “It Feels Alive” — ado (Maki...
The creatures ado draws never push their cuteness too far to the front. They meet your eyes, and yet they don’t pin anything down. They have expressions, and yet they...
Writer's In-Depth Column | Rieko Oka, Hokkaido ...
Oka's Workspace The name "Ten to Sen Moyo Seisakusho" (Dot and Line Pattern Studio) has a somewhat institutional ring to it. In reality, it is a brand run solely...
Writer's In-Depth Column | Rieko Oka, Hokkaido ...
Oka's Workspace The name "Ten to Sen Moyo Seisakusho" (Dot and Line Pattern Studio) has a somewhat institutional ring to it. In reality, it is a brand run solely...
Writer's Deep Dive Column | Kenichiro Watanabe:...
Exterior of Standard Trade Yokohama Yamate Shop "Consistently doing the basics exceptionally well." If there's one phrase that best describes Kenichiro Watanabe, president of Standard Trade Co., Ltd., this...
Writer's Deep Dive Column | Kenichiro Watanabe:...
Exterior of Standard Trade Yokohama Yamate Shop "Consistently doing the basics exceptionally well." If there's one phrase that best describes Kenichiro Watanabe, president of Standard Trade Co., Ltd., this...
Artist Deep Dive | Watercolors That Decorate th...
IntroductionThere is a temperature to the light in Hashimoto’s paintings. When soft oranges and yellows overlap with pale blues and grays, it can feel as though she is painting not...
Artist Deep Dive | Watercolors That Decorate th...
IntroductionThere is a temperature to the light in Hashimoto’s paintings. When soft oranges and yellows overlap with pale blues and grays, it can feel as though she is painting not...
Artist Deep Dive | Making Time, Shaping Everyda...
Jurianne Matter’s products offer “time to use your hands” even before they become something “to display at home.” Paper bouquets and trees, boats carrying wishes. Rather than the finished object...
Artist Deep Dive | Making Time, Shaping Everyda...
Jurianne Matter’s products offer “time to use your hands” even before they become something “to display at home.” Paper bouquets and trees, boats carrying wishes. Rather than the finished object...
Artist Deep Dive | Kishin: An Artist Draped in ...
The Beginning, Without a Clear Reason Kishin began painting in the late twenties, according to the artist. There was no strong motivation or fixed vision of the future. It started...
Artist Deep Dive | Kishin: An Artist Draped in ...
The Beginning, Without a Clear Reason Kishin began painting in the late twenties, according to the artist. There was no strong motivation or fixed vision of the future. It started...
