Kyoko Imazu ‘In the Neighbourhood’ – West Gallery, Adelaide

In Artist June 14, 2019

Great Piece of Turf II (2019), etching and aquatint, 39 x 53.5 cm

Kyoko Imazu ‘In the Neighbourhood’

West Gallery, Thebarton

13 June – 21 July

Kyoko’s beautifully detailed etchings and porcelain ceramics focus on our tiny neighbours: the weeds, bugs and pebbles that fill our everyday lives. These beings and objects all have their own stories and universes within themselves, containing many states of life, death and regeneration. They remind her to pay attention to the small things.

“I’m interested in paying attention to our tiny neighbors: the weeds, bugs and pebbles that fill our everyday lives. When you look closely, it’s incredible to realise how everything is so different – every petal, leaf and wing is miraculously unique. These beings and objects all have their own stories and universes within themselves, containing many states of life, death and regeneration.

It’s so easy to not think about small, seemingly insignificant things. On the other hand, if I always stopped and really looked, I’d get so overwhelmed by their wonder. I like to tell the stories of our overlooked neighbors, to try to make sense of the world we live in – and too imagine the worlds we cannot see with our own eyes.

In this exhibition my work attempt to focus on seemingly insignificant things and their stories. They are a constant reminder for me to pay attention to small things in the world.” – Kyoko Imazu

Kyoko’s exhibition runs until 21 July at West Gallery, 32 West Thebarton Street, Thebarton SA 5031.

Open Thursday – Sunday 11 am – 5pm and Sunday, 1 – 5pm.

https://www.westgallerythebarton.com.au/in-the-neighbourhood

Baby+treeBaby Tree, porcelain

Bio

Kyoko Imazu is a Japanese artist based in Melbourne, whose practice encompasses a range of mediums such as printmaking, papercut, puppetry and installation, bookbinding and ceramics.

Her work tells the stories of our often-overlooked neighbors like the weeds, bugs and pebbles that fill our everyday lives. Upon closer inspection, every petal, leaf and wing is miraculously unique; they all have their own stories and universes within themselves, containing many states of life, death and regeneration. She combines her own memories with the stories of these tiny neighbors to try to make sense of the world we live in and imagine the worlds we cannot see with our own eyes.

Her works are held in collections at various public institutions such as National Library of Australia, State Library of Queensland, State Library of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia as well as numerous private collections worldwide.

She regularly exhibits her work nationally and internationally especially in Hong Kong, New Zealand and New York.

MotherMother (2019), etching and aquatint, edition 25, 53.5 x 35 cm