Video: Hidden in the foliage: paintings by Rieko Hidaka
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1958, Rieko Hidaka studied Japanese painting at Musashino University and expanded the traditional Japanese painting style (Nihonga technique) for over twenty years. The result of the author's efforts was the cycle "Through the Branches to Heaven", somewhat abstract, these works combine painting and perception of the world: they resemble a light sketch, a gentle sketch of the space that we see when we raise our eyes to the sky.
According to the artist, the viewer, placing himself in the space of paintings, should experience serene joy, plunge into a calm, quiet life, which is so often lacking in the city (and especially in noisy Tokyo, perhaps this is why the Rieko Hidaka exhibition has become a real event for the Japanese world art). The paintings cover an extra large area, but due to the strong contrast between sky and foliage, they do not appear faded or "lost".
The artist herself visited her exhibition as a visitor, and here are her impressions: “I wanted to create an atmosphere of an alienated, non-existent place. …"
"From the doorway, visitors to the exhibition can smell a very strong smell of bleach, it is aimed at creating a sense of sterility. In the corner there is a sink in the shape of a breast: one part of it is filled with bleach, and the other - water. This is an image of ideal liquids related to the body and holy spiritually water. I think I have achieved the desired effect. At least I like this exhibition, I hope everyone else will like it."
Hidaka says she chose the dry method of work because it gives the portrayed maximum immediacy. Quite thick for the traditional Japanese writing technique, needle-thick lines perfectly convey the texture of the wood and "the firm intention of the leaves to resist the surrounding world."
Unfortunately, the artist does not have her own website, but you can find many of her works on the Internet.
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