9/2[水]― 14[月]
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作家在廊予定日:9/9・10・12・14(いずれも午後)
3年前の私の水彩画展で、菅野が求めた絵が、久しぶりに訪ねた新発田の家の玄関にかけられていた。私たちの共通点は「絵具の色」に自由を感じる心情かもしれない。写実画のように環境(外界)の色に絵具を近づけるのではなく、絵具そのものに井戸を感じ、下っていく描き方だ。
菅野は土も顔料にし、支持体(ゲル状の和紙)と彩色が同時並行する手法だから、絵具は素材と言い換えるべきかもしれない。版画から移行したのは、自由と楽しさがあったからだと語っていた。その楽しさの内奥に菅野は、他の誰のものでもない自分の絵を発見し、つくりだしてきた。
今回は1990年代の版画や過去作も合わせて展示する。菅野くに子の歩いた跡を一緒にたどりたい。
(企画者・文:大倉 宏/主催:新潟絵屋+企画者)
At my watercolor exhibition held last autumn, I discovered that the painting that Kanno had purchased was hanging in the entryway of her home in Shibata, which I had visited for the first time in a long while. Perhaps what we have in common is a sense of freedom we find in “the colors of paint.” Rather than matching the paint to the colors of the environment (the outside world) as in realistic painting, our approach is to sense a well within the paint itself and paint by delving deeper into it.
Since Kanno uses even soil as pigment and employs a technique where the application of color and the preparation of the support (gel-like Japanese paper) occur simultaneously, perhaps I should rephrase “paint” as “material.”
Kanno once told me that she transitioned from printmaking because it offered freedom and joy. Deep within that delight, Kanno has discovered and created her own unique style of painting—one that belong to no one else.
This exhibition also features prints from the 1990s and earlier works. Let us to trace the path Kuniko Kanno has walked together.
(Exhibition Planner and Text: Hiroshi Okura / Organized by: Niigata Eya + Exhibition Planner)
菅野くに子(かんの くにこ)
東京都生まれ。武蔵野美術大学油画科卒業後、リトグラフ、エッチングの制作を続け、98年より手漉き和紙による制作を始める。ガレリアグラフィカ、ギャラリー舫、ギャラリーゴトウ、ギャラリーアビアント(以上東京)、アートスペースエリコーナ(いわき)、新発田市市民ギャラリー、mu-an(長岡)などで個展。新潟絵屋での発表は2002年以来10回目。
Kuniko Kanno
Born in Tokyo. After graduating from the Oil Painting Department at Musashino Art University, she continued to create lithographs and etchings, and in 1998 began creating works using handmade Japanese paper. She has held solo exhibitions at Galleria Grafica, Gallery Fune, Gallery Gotō, and Gallery A Biantet (all in Tokyo), as well as at Art Space Elicona (Iwaki), the Shibata City Civic Gallery, and mu-an (Nagaoka). This is her 10th exhibition at Niigata Eya since 2002.
PHOTO(上):「雨の中の散歩」2025年 和紙・顔彩 23.6×19.4cm

PHOTO:「みんなでお茶を」2026年 和紙・顔彩・アクリル絵具 25.3×19.8cm

▶ 菅野くに子展(2023)
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▶ 菅野くに子展(2020)