Eyes of forest

^{Eyes of forest, 2024, Steel, windbreak nets
The image courtesy of the artist.}

Eyes appear in forest.Whiff of them floating with the wind. In primitive Shintoism, it was believed that gods dwelt in forests, rocks, fire, water and many other things, and that spirits also dwelt in objects, such as Tsukumo spirits. The Ability of feeling, which is being lost in our modern age of over-familiarity with audiovisual information. With minimal intervention in the form of the gaze, Kubo appeals to our inherent imagination to see the invisible.

About the Artist

Hiroko Kubo
Born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1987, Kubo received her MFA from Texas Christian University in 2013. Based on her research of prehistoric art, ethnic art, and cultural anthropological theories, she uses everyday materials to create sculpture works. Recent major exhibitions include, solo show “Steel framed Goddess” (POLA MUSEUM ANNEX, Tokyo, Japan, 2024), “GO FOR KOGEI” (Kansui Park, Toyama, Japan, 2023), “Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual vol.10: There Is No Boundaries Here./?” (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan, 2022) and “The Romantic Route 3 Art Festival” (Miaoli, Taiwan, 2023). Her large works are in the collections of KAMU KANAZAWA (Ishikawa, Japan), Chishima Foundation for Creative Osaka (Osaka, Japan) and IZAK Co., Ltd. (Toyama, Japan)