Introducing Ai Haibara's unique work from CURIO private sales.   Ai Haibara is a sculptor born in 1981 in Okayama, Japan.    Her work is created with the combination of traditional wood carving with acrylic paint. Combined with Japan's "Kawaii" (cute) culture that is spreading worldwide, her works have been attracting attention not only in Japan but also overseas in recent years.   Ai Haibara expresses unexpected moments of children and creates that into a wood carving. The works of boys and girls covered in light-colored acrylic paints look like soft dolls and give the works a unique warmth.     Three works introduced today are all cute wood sculptures with motifs of girls, just like a fairy tale.       If you are interested, please feel free to contact us. >>>  https://curio-w.jp/en/contact/ Details are as follows:       LOT:20220525A01 Ai Haibara [Semaphore Hello "O"] Wood sculpture, acrylic on cypress and laminated...

We are delighted to introduce 3 unique pieces by Jordy Kerwick from CURIO private sales.     ｜ Jordy (Jordan) Kerwick   Born 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Jordy Kerwick is a self-taught artist based in France. He started painting in 2016 at the suggestion of his wife, who is also a painter. Kerwick's work is colorful and draws inspiration from his family, literature and music.       from The Sydney Morning Herald       Kerwick paints classic subjects such as still lifes in a contemporary style. In some of his works, exotic animals such as tigers and cobras are depicted with two heads, and these representative motifs also appear in the works introducing today.     The artist held exhibitions in the United States, Paris, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and others. He is indeed an artist currently attracting attention.       If you are interested, please feel free to contact...

Introducing from CURIO private sales: Canvas pieces by Ly.   ｜Is LUV a self-portrait of Ly!?     Always painted in grayscale, an imaginary character called LUV appears in Ly's work. LUV is said to be Ly's expression of memories, emotions and imagination. I think LUV takes the role of Ly's self-portrait in that case.   Ly depicts LUV's eyes always looking back at the viewer no matter where we look at the painting. It feels as if this fictional character LUV is communicating with us beyond words.     From Instagram account of ly_painter     There are LUVs in the paintings we are introducing today. What do you think these LUVs are conversing with you? It's kind of exciting to think that way.   If you are interested, please feel free to contact us. >>> https://curio-w.jp/en/contact/ Details are as follows:   LOT:20220628A01 LY [Untitled] Acrylic on canvas Signed by the...

Here is a unique work information of Yuichi Hirako's "Leaf Beetle 2" 2014 from CURIO private sales.       ｜Yuichi Hirako questions how we relate to the nature   A mythical character that looks like part human and the part plant often appears in the work of Yuichi Hirako. And it is said that this being is indispensable to his work to symbolize the relationship between nature and mankind.   I think that the artist expresses his ideal world that nature and humanity live in mutual resonance with each other, as we human are also part of nature after all.   However, inexplicable natural disaster on a global scale has been happening since. Isn't this a warning from nature to human beings that we have been behaving arrogantly and egotistically?     From website NewSphere     The work we are introducing today feels a little different from his...

Introducing from CURIO private sales: 4 pieces by Yuya Hashizume.   Yuya Hashizume’s work is influenced by classic Japanese anime by Fujiko F Fujio: creator of "Doraemon―Gadget cat from the future" and his work is depicted by bold lines, simple, and flat color pallet.   His illustration work provoked shenanigans and the news burst out of the art world to the general public. Now, that is a story of the past, and he is getting lovely weather after the storm. Hashizume's work is getting widespread favor from Japan and neighboring Asian countries.       From Yuya Hashizume official website       ｜A man named Yuya Hashizume   I want people to find me as an interesting man. Not just a person who "took the world by storm" with just a painting, but I wish people to recognize "Yuya Hashizume" as a fun guy and an interesting person to...

Introducing from CURIO private sales; 3 pieces of Yayoi Kusama's popular motif.     ｜Self-portrait of the avant-garde queen!?   Needless to point out, the Pumpkin motif and Net pattern are the most well-known icons of Yayoi Kusama.   Kusama has fallen in love with pumpkins and continues to paint, and some people suggest that she sees the pumpkins as a kind of self-portrait.   The net pattern is the reverse of the accumulation of polka dots, and the net and polka dots are in a negative and positive relationship, she says.       From website nyseikatsu.com     The works we are introducing today have twinkling charms of the polka dots, pumpkin, and the net pattern.     If you are interested, please feel free to contact us. >>> https://curio-w.jp/en/contact/ Details are as follows:     LOT:20220726N02 Yayoi Kusama [Pumpkin 2000 (Yellow)] Screenprint Signed, titled, dated 2000, and numbered by the artist...