YAMAMOTO GENDAI is pleased to announce Utopia, a solo exhibition by Natumi HIRAKAWA from October 8th through November 5th, 2011, featuring over 10 paintings from the latest works by the artist.

Born in 1987 and living and working in her native Oita prefecture, Hirakawa had her solo museum exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto last year, and a number of her works have become a part of its collection.

Frequently portrayed in Hirakawa’s paintings are scenes from the fictional worlds of her spontaneous imagination. Fantasies in dreams, impressions of amusement parks, music and places he visited, or curiosities towards subjects that she finds strange, result in the appearance of desolate sceneries and mysterious figure in these worlds of her paintings, as she explains. According to the artist, while “contemplation on them is a complete escape from reality”, these are a series of “another reality” to her.

* The text provided by YAMAMOTO GENDAI.

Period: Saturday, October 8 - Saturday, November 5, 2011
Venue: YAMAMOTO GENDAI
Opening reception: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 18:00 - 20:00