Mirror 1 ( Guns and Petals )
銃と桜
2024
Pigment from melted guns, handmade ink from Mica and other foraged elements, Graphite, Willow Charcoal, Sumi ink, and Japanese Watercolors on Washi Paper (Kozo Kurotani Gasenshi)
黒谷和紙（楮）に 特殊な手作りインク（拳銃、雲母、その他）鉛筆、木炭、墨、顔彩 19.25 x 39.4 in. ( 489 x 1001 mm) Mounted on a vertical hanging scroll
Scroll size: 28.1 x 80.26 in. (715 x 2038.7 mm)
Scroll materials: Gampi paper and sumi-painted silk fabric for scroll mounting, Ebony wood for the rod, and Cupro strings
"Can a painting simultaneously convey both the fragility and the resilience of life? Yuri Shimojo's Mirror 1 (Guns and Petals) embraces impermanence as a central theme to evoke compassion and hope through powerful motifs, an unconventional medium, and a meditative resonance.”
Haely Chang, curator at the Hood Museum at Dartmouth University.
In the museum's permanent collection, the full curatorial statement is HERE.
ダートマス大学フード美術館収蔵