“Duality” has been one of the crucial themes of my creation.
“Duality” indicates the idea that “there are two different principles in every event that takes place in this world.”
Take “night and day” for instance, the existence of the former is due to that of the latter.
Such idea is cosmic and gives us a sense of infinity.
I painted these artworks picturing infinity over the “night and day” of the summer sea.
Both artworks encapsulate the wish for “the future where we can live together as one.”
Looking up at the Earth
canvas, acrylic gouache
17.92 x 20.87 inches
2021
$665 (without frame)
“Stairway to the Moon” represents imagery of the moonlight reflecting on the ocean at night.
A streak of moonlight that appears in the ocean on a peaceful night seems like a stairway that leads to heaven.
The question posed by this artwork is:
“Will we all be able to ascend a stairway together to proceed toward the future?”
“Looking up at the Earth” unfolds the imagery of looking up at the surface of the water from underwater.
The light you see is so round that it makes you feel as though you are overlooking the Earth from space.
The question enveloped in this artwork is:
“Do we, who are embraced by this beautiful planet, deserve a life on this planet?”
So, how would you respond to these questions?
Yoko Kitazaki was born in Kyoto and learned oil painting from an early age. She loved the layered colors of “Water Lilies” drawn by Monet, and she wanted to express the changing light. She majored in dyeing at Kyoto City University of Arts, and in the past, dyeing and oil painting were the means of expression.
With the changes in the world in 2020, she began to create abstract paintings using acrylic paints. Monet’s colors and the dyeing design still influences her expression.
Her current activities are exhibited at overseas exhibitions such as Divulgarti in Italy. The theme of her production is based on duality and contains the message of “Seeing the whole phenomenon from the viewpoint of the mind. ”As a feature of the work, she changes the smooth paints to“ movement, flow, luster, lumps, and cracks” and so on. This is due to her idea of rebonding the pigments.
