Smoke and Mirrors
Abstract Painting, Pen & Collage on Paper
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Smoke and Mirrors refers to the search for ourselves, in searching for truth within and beyond illusions.
The works mix structural and fluid elements, like literal elements of smoke and mirrors; and like figurative elements of life, where fluidity/adaptation, and structure/order mix.
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Work seen in
On the cover of “東アジアの女性雑誌文化//East Asian Women’s Magazine Culture” printed by Kohaku Books, Kyoto:
“For the binding of this book, someone proposed using a work by Leonie Ray, a Dutch-born female artist active in both China and Japan. When the artwork was introduced to me, I felt my heart race—seeing how the various colors and forms blend together, and how the wave-like lines seem to depict something being conveyed across the sea, it felt perfectly suited to the intentions of this book.”
— From the afterword of this book
Original Japanese
本書の装幀に、オランダご出身で中国と日本で活動されている女性アーティスト Leonie Raymakers さんの作品を提案してくださった。作品をご紹介くださったとき、様々な色や形が混じり合い、波のような線が海を超えて何かが伝わる様を現しているようで本書の企図にぴったりだと感じられて、胸が高鳴った”
– 本書「あとがき」より