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Homage to Kumagusu Minakata, 2014, paper, watercolor, sumi ink, citrus juice
All images courtesy of the artist
This work was inspired by the watercolour illustrations of fungi drawn by Minakata Kumagusu, and was drawn on paper that had been soaked in mandarin orange juice and then scorched to give it an old texture, but it is as if the many of Kumagusu's lost illustrations of fungi have begun to spin a new story in the hands of the artist.
This work was used as the original illustration for the cover of the English, Japanese and Dutch editions of the book ‘Matsutake’ by the anthropologist Anna Tsing.
Naoko KINEMURA
Born in 1975 in Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture. Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting. Solide; invited to participate in the “Mojike Exhibition” in Ueno, Tokyo (and annually thereafter); VOLANT Exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo (and annually thereafter); onjaku-group Exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo (and annually thereafter); Solo Exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo; Solo Exhibition at Gallery Moku in Tanabe; selected as a postcard for the Solide City Tourism Association; Serials 2007 All Nippon Airways “Tsubasa no Okoku” in-flight magazine, Five Windows / Ginza, Gallery Seikou-dou, 2008 The Way I See Things Exhibition / Aichi, Japan: House of Nagakute culture, Ekaki-no Tabi – Air Journey Exhibition, Ginza, Tanabe, Mojike Exhibition Returns Planning and Exhibition / Tanabe City, 永青文庫 Serialized in Quarterly Magazine, Tokyo, Mejiro, 2009 Travel to France, Returned to Japan in 2010, exhibited in 2012 at Thinking of Spring vol.1 (and every year thereafter until 2016), organized Art Tanabe 2012, solo exhibition at Gallery Azuma, Ginza, Organized Art Tanabe 2013, organized Kinokuni Trainart 2014 (and thereafter until 2019), Thinking of Spring in 2019 exhibited at vol.9.
Naoko Kinemura
