Behance Japan Portfolio Reviews #6

This is a project for Behance Japan Portfolio Reviews #6. I create my work by the strange gap in between the reality and the imagination in my daily life. I use acrylic paint, cray-pas and sometimes collage on canvas and paper.

Title:My Neighborhood
2007
Acrylic, Cray-pas and Color pencils on Canvas
1450mm X 1450mm (57" X 57")

Tokyo Disney Land is near by my home in CHIBA where is next prefecture to Tokyo, Japan. I try to paint the effect and the power to dominate of American culture in Japan throughout the fake smile of the MInnie Mouse in front of the smiling Japanese women who hold brand bag and an airplane is flying over the sky.

私の家の近所にはディスニーランドがある。アメリカン・カルチャーのパワーの前でブランドバッグを持って微笑む日本人女性達の風景。

Title: A man, a woman and the machines at gym
2010
Aclylic, Cray-pas, Colored Pencil on Paper
355mm X 525mm (14" X 20.7")

The strange atmosphere in between a man, a woman and machines at a sports gym.

ジム内の男女と健康器具との間に漂う奇妙な雰囲気を表現しました。

Title:A Robot In Love
2010
Acrylic, cray-pas and pencil on Paper
700mm X 1100mm (43.3 X 27.5")

A robot in love who gives some flowers to his love one.

恋に身を焦がして花を捧げるロボット。

Title:Melancholy of Supermarket
2012
Acrylic, cray-pas and pencil on canvas
1625mm X 1625mm (64.0" X 64.0")

All water bottles and instant foods were disappeared immediately after the earthquake. On the other hand, The perishable food remained unexpectedly. Only Pretty Cure girls and Thomas & Friends were laughing with the same smiling faces as before 3.11. I made this work in order to remember the disaster and keep thinking about the continuing unprecedented reality.

スーパーマーケットの憂鬱。震災直後のペットボトルの水やカップ麺が出払ったガランとした棚。
意外に生鮮食品は残ってた。プリキュアやトーマスは震災前と同じ笑顔で笑ってた。
あの時の風景を、その後まだ続いている現実を心に刻む為に。

Title: Where is the Arcadia?
2012
Acrylic, cray-pas and pencil on Canvas
1625mm X 1300mm (64.0" X 51.2")

"Japan! Ganbarou" slogans were conspicuous at the landscape of the city about a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Japanese law had changed and the label of imported mineral water product could be sold remain in a foreign language label only for six months from March 11, 2011, At that time, water was insufficient to the market because of the buyout, and the factories to print the labels at the Tohoku region were badly damaged by the Earthquake and Tsunami. There were many Arabic and Korean labels on water bottoles which of these were not seen usually. That fact made me notice that there were rich water sources in Japan and we had 'nt needed to import water befrore 311. After 3years from the tragedy, there are still many unsolved problems remain but I want to step forward like a woman in this painting.

東日本大震災から一ヶ月後くらいの「がんばろう！日本」の標語が目立つ様になったスーパーマーケットの風景。2011年３月11日から約６ヶ月間だけ急遽法律が変わって、輸入品のミネラルウォーターのラベルが外国語のままで販売されても良かったそうです。それは水の買い占めで市場に水が不足した事、そして地震と津波で特に大きな被害を受けた東北地方にラベルを印刷する工場が多くあった事と関係があったかと思います。（通常は輸入品の飲料水には必ず日本語のラベルを付けて販売しなければならないとの事）その為にミネラルウォーターのラベルに通常は見かけない韓国語やアラビア語の物も多く目につきました。その事で改めて今迄日本は水が豊かで輸入する必要が無かった事を痛感しました。
3年経った現在も解決への道程は遠いですが、そんな中でも前向きに歩んで行きたいと言う願いを込めて描きました。

Title: Delicious Presentiment
2011
Aclylic, Cray-pas, Colored Pencil on Canvas
525mm X 525mm (20.7"× 20.7")
Private Collection

Mandarins cover all over the canvas. This is my abstract work to use realistic image with the vivid contrast of the orange color of mandarins, the dark blue labels and the white Japanese logo.

伊予柑と言う具体的な対象を描いて入るけれど、上下左右が分からない限りなく抽象的な絵を、鮮やかなオレンジに濃紺のラベル、白い細明朝体のロゴのコントラストの色の美しさと共に描きたいと思って制作しました。

Title: Mush Up Of My Past Works
2013
Acrylic and Pencil on Vinyl iPad case
Private Collection

This is the mush up of my past works which of these were inspired by dreams painted on iPad Case.

自分の過去の夢にインスパイアされたイメージの複数の絵画をマッシュアップしてiPadケースに描いた作品です。

Title: Tragic story that it is hard to believe the ruthless grandmother and Innocent Innocent Erendira
2013
Aclylic, Cray-pas, Colored Pencil and Collage on Canvas
91cm X 71.7cm（35.8" X 28.2"）

This painting is inspired by the last scene of the short story written by Garcia Marquez. The title is Tragic story that it is hard to believe the ruthless and grandmother Innocent Innocent Erendira.

ガルシア・マルケス著作「無垢なエレンディラと非情な祖母の信じがたい悲惨な物語」と言う小説のラストで、薄幸の絶世の美少女エレンディラが全ての地上の柵を振り切って天に昇天して行くシーンを読んだ時にこの絵が思い浮かびました。

Title: Foods
2014
Media: Acrylic and Pencil on plastic iPhone5S case

Foods painted on iPhone cases. After 3.11, I worry about where these foods come from.

3.11後に産地等が気になる様になった食べ物についてiPhone ケース10点に描きました。

Title: Butterfly Effect

2014
Media: Acrylic, Cray-pas and Pencil on Canvas

530mm X 420mm (20.8" X 16.5")

A gentle flapping by a butterfly might have affected by the tsunami.

蝶の優しい羽ばたき一つが津波に影響したかもしれない。

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