Video: Japanese traditions and European modernity in the work of Ayia Kato
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Aya Kato is a young artist from Japan. Thanks to her talent and boundless imagination, she creates very unusual paintings that are designed to unite people and show them the way to a new world.
“Using the maximum of my imagination, I try to awaken many souls that people have hidden in the innermost corners of their hearts,” says Ayya Kato. She also hopes to bring people together through her work. The artist dreams of living in a world where people would remember and honor their history and their roots. A world whose inhabitants would know what true hope is. And most importantly, a world born of LOVE, in which all people would love and understand each other. The artist's paintings are a small step that she herself takes on the way to this world and invites viewers to take.
According to Kato, the beauty of Japanese art lies in two things: its depth and the beauty of its contours. The artist claims that she draws inspiration from books or poetry lines, and her paintings seem to be a continuation of these works.
Kato's early works are mostly in brown in the ukiyo-e style (Japanese fine art style) and depict female images with great imagination. Over time, the artist's illustrations become more and more colorful, vibrant and complex, complemented by many graphic elements in the form of flowers, trees, waves and leaves. Now Ayya Kato claims that he creates within the framework of his own style, which was called "Cheval noir" (translated from French - "Black Horse"). Nobody gives an exact description of this style, but here is one of the attempts made by Schemamag: "Modern + manga + graphic design + ukiyo-e + baroque = art of Ayya Kato".
Ayia Kato often works to order. Her stunning expressive designs can be found on T-shirts, CD covers, and iPhone backs. The artist was born in 1982 and currently lives in the Japanese city of Seto. More information about the author on the site.
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