
nightfall in the forest
Shoko Okumura Solo Exhibition
Exhibition date
November 20th - December 2th 2024
Hours
10:30 - 19:30 (Closes at 16:00 on the last day only)
Location

Takashimaya is pleased to announce the exhibition of Shoko Okumura.
Born in Chiba Prefecture, Okumura graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2008 with a BA in Japanese Painting. In the same year, she moved to Italy to complete her studies at Universita' Internazionale dell'Arte, where she majored in fresco restoration. His work has been reproduced in Nishijin brocade on the headboard of a suite at the Bulgari Hotel Tokyo, which will open in 2023.
In this exhibition, inspired by the poem “In the Forest at Night” by the German poet Christian Morgenstern, he depicts the night in the forest, a space sometimes accompanied by tranquility and introspection, not a space formed for human beings to be human, but an otherworldly space where life and death are inherent. The works on view will express the silence and mystery of the dark night through the graceful medium of Japanese-style painting, which exudes a faint glow of hope, as if it were a faint light, as if it were a firm and sure footstep that still believes in something and is opening up a path. Life and death, beauty and fear. We invite you to take this opportunity to view the fascination of the time and space that exists between these two sides of the same coin.
Takashimaya Art Department
静寂と神秘が支配する夜の森
穏やかでありながらも不気味な雰囲気に誘われ
森がまるで異世界のように感じられる瞬間がある
取材する中で夜の森に囲まれたときに感じる静かな恐怖
それに伴う静謐な内省の時間が好きだ
私は数年前、病を経て、死への恐怖を心から実感することがあった
暗い森の霊的世界から人間が営む現実世界を望んだような風景を
その狭間に居るような感覚を抱えながら制作している
Christian Morgensternの詩“夜の森に”には
そんな恐れと孤独、夜の森が持つ儚い夢幻が凝縮されている
詩の中で繰り返される不安を取り払う「何か」は人によって異なるのだろう
私の場合、それは絵を描くこと
描くことで恐れを克服し、暗闇の中を進んでいく感覚
そして闇の恐怖とは反対に 暗い森のなかから垣間見える人の営みの灯り
安堵と希望をもたらし、道を照らす灯り
詩と併せて、是非会場で作品を観賞して頂ければ幸いです。
奥村 祥子