Lisa Kohno won the shu uemura Prize at the "art award tokyo marunouchi 2009" last year. As the part of the prize, she designed the package of "shu uemura 2010 A/W mode makeup collection [floscent]" which will be in stores on August 1.  In addition, cleansing oil with the journey theme will be launched exclusively in airplanes and tax-free shops at air ports in Asia this autumn. The exhibition will show Lisa Kohno's new works and original drawings used for the collaborate makeup goods with shu uemura.

Lisa Kohno draws her utopia in her works. Drawing helps her being herself and finding place where she gets peaceful mind in her works. Women appear in her works seem her self-portraits, but actually, they represent transcendent existence with eternity which Kohno adores.

The theme for the exhibition is "eternal flower". She draws flowers blooming beautifully and eternally, and amorous figures with immortal life as if they are flower personified. These flowers and figures with eternity have beauty, but also come across awe and the image of coldness. That's because being immortal means that they don't belong to this world since every creatures have mortal life.
The amorous aura of works indicates that acquiring eternal life is abstinentia even if it's for our hope or peace of mind.

Artist's profile:
http://www.bambinart.jp/en/artists/lisa_kohno/index.html

Opened dates: July 31 - August 28, 2010 (closed August 14 - 23)