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• Kunihiko Nohara

  

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  In moments when I feel like I’m in a place independent of my surroundings, I sometimes feel like I’m in a different time and space. The feeling is like clouds or smoke that change shape with no regard for time that people have to live by, and it also feels like a space of my own. To turn, various scenes that came up in my imagination from things I encountered. To express freedom, time and desires that are on the verge of being discarded from memory. That is what is important, in order for me to be me and for a person to be them self.

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• Takaoki TAJIMA

  

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  He comes from a family of sculptors who have been practicing Buddhism for generations. Her large works are nearly life-size female figures, while her smaller works are pop and comical animal figures. Having been familiar with statues of gods and Buddha from various periods, he has not hesitated to move toward diverse expressions, and continues to move back and forth between the two energetically.

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• Nami OKADA

  

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  The motifs chosen by Nami OKADA for her artwork are places she has visited personally. Her artwork arouses feelings of déjà vu and of reaching across time in viewers, whose backgrounds all differ. Each person forms a distinct impression of a given building or piece of scenery due to the differences in their memories and experiences. Such spaces thus possess a multitude of forms. It is only when there is commonality in the interpretations of multiple viewers that a given piece of scenery takes on certain meaning. OKADA brings life to One View by exploring the relationship between pieces of scenery that have taken on meaning due to the overlapping of such commonalities and pieces of scenery whose meaning has yet to take shape.

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• Mika CHIBA

  

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  The twilight sky is romantic and makes the fleeting splashes of water more dramatic. Even the skin that has been immersed in the water glows with a lustrous glow, as if it has come back to life. Water is a very familiar substance, but when we discover its mystical beauty and experience its healing and inspiration, we reaffirm our connection with God.

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