Eguchi Ayane “Viscera of the Vast Land”

Featuring artist’s new work by using tropical plants, ocean animals et al., as motifs

2020.4.3 [Fri] - 6.21 [Sun]

This exhibition features Eguchi Ayane’s new oil paintings, watercolor paintings, three-dimensional works that were produced while she stayed in Indonesia for one year. Eguchi will express her unique perspective in theme of “accepting conflicts and contradictions,” by using as motifs tropical plants, ocean animals, corals and graffitis seen in the city of Jogjakarta.

I saw a ritual sacrifice during the Muslim festival. They cut up cattle and goats on the spot as sacrifices, prayed, and ate them afterwards. It was the first time for me to see the organs that were freshly cut. The row of slippery sacks that fell out of the goat’s stomach was beautiful. It is subtly different to the organs I associated with from learned knowledge. This was more similar to corals in the sea and plants above ground.
Afterwards, I began to think about my own internal organs.
Why do the plants in the sea and on ground, and even in humans all bear same shapes?
There are organs in many places that are normally unseen, and I want to be able to slowly turn it inside out and see them for myself. This desire fused alongside the encounters with Indonesia’s sea, plants and animals, culture, and graffities in its cities, are what inspired my work.

Eguchi Ayane


Devil's tongue
Devil’s tongue
2019
Oil on canvas
45.6 x 52.8 cm
Currents
Currents
2019
Oil on canvas
45.6 x 52.8 cm
Tropical town
Tropical town
2020
Oil on canvas
53 x 65.3 cm

Courtesy: Mizuma Art Gallery
©EGUCHI Ayane

Eguchi Ayane

Born 1985 in Hokkaido, currently resides in Tokyo

2009  Received BFA in Oil Painting, Kanazawa College of Art

2011  Completed Master’s in Oil Painting, Kanazawa College of Art

Solo Exhibitions

2011
Fuwa・Moko・SaraSa・Ra, Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo
2013
Mystical Kingdom, Mizuma Action, Tokyo
2018
Ode to wonderland, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

Group Exhibitions

2009
The 4th Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program, Eye of Gyre, Tokyo
cross, Green Arts Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
Tokyo Wonder Wall 2009, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Jinzukyo Art Exhibition 2009, Osawano Shogaigakushu Center, Toyama, Japan
via art 2009, Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo
carré à zurich, Gallery TEN, Ishikawa
2010
2010 Kawaii Exhibition, SEIBU Shibuya, Tokyo
carré 2010, Gallery TEN, Ishikawa
WONDER SEEDS 2010, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya
carré à zurich, Zurich Insurance Company, Zurich
2011
The Selections from Graduation Works 2011, Kanazawa Art-Gummi Gallery, Ishikawa
2012
To the Future, Mizuma Action, Tokyo
2014
Impacts! Japan Art Festival, Japan Art Festival Zane Bennett Contemporary Art x Mizuma Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2015
Universal Influence, ART|JOG|9, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Further towards the future, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
2016
Seeing the Unseen, Gallery Ohrin, Ibaraki, Japan
Eyes & Curiosity - anomaly -, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2018
Prime Meridian, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Manilla
2019
A Gentle Gaze, Hwa’s Gallery, Shanghai
Hopes & Dialogues in Rumah Kijang Mizuma, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

Award

2010年
Received Judge’s Special Award, KANABI Creative Prize 2010
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