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米国テキサス州ダラス市内にある、タリー・ダン　ギャラリーにて、ダラスを拠点として活動している原田佳奈の個展「サンクチュアリ」が4月21日まで開催中です。会場では、作家自身によって非常に細かく截断 された画用紙を水彩画上にコラージュした13の平面作品と2つの立体作品を展示しています。これらの作品は、富士山の麓にある聖地から受けたインスピレーションを表現したものです。以下は、作家よりのコメントです。

「今回の個展の作品は、今までのフォームシートを用いた立体作品から少し離れ、敢えて平面作品／水彩画にこだわり、その上にあらゆる形に切った紙を貼る、という表現を続けてみました。１年半程の試行錯誤の末、結局最も好きな透明水彩と、切って切って切り続ける、という行為の両方の楽しさに加え、ホールパンチャーという新しいツールの面白さの産物となりました。ホールパンチャーで開けたすべての穴は、雲のような宇宙船の”窓”です。　テーマ／インスピレーションは、私の芸術家としての核心でもある＊祈り＊ということの意味を教えてくれた、富士山の麓にある”富士聖地”という場所です。ここでは３０年以上もの間、毎月一回、数千人のあらゆる国籍、信仰、職種、バックグラウンドの人々が、雨の日も風の日も、暑い日も雪の日も、台風豪雨で目の前が何も見えない時でさえも集まり、大空の下、世界各国１９３カ国とその他の地域の平和と調和を祈る場です。私自身、アメリカに暮らしながらも機会さえあれば行って祈る場です。訪れる度に、いつも必ず体験する力強い希望、そして高く高く美しい平安と美を表現してみたいと思いました。楽しんで頂ければ幸いです。」

ギャラリープレスリリース：
March 1, 2018 -- Talley Dunn Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Dallas-based artist, Kana Harada. Kana Harada: SANCTUARY will open with a reception for the artist on Saturday, March 10th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and will be on view in the Project Gallery through April 21, 2018.
The exhibition features thirteen intricate watercolor paintings on cut and collaged watercolor from a new body work inspired by a sanctuary at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Japan. According to the artist, “Once every month, for over 30 years, thousands of people of all faiths, nationalities and backgrounds gather outside in rain, snow, storms, wind or sun and pray for peace and a brighter future for each and every country around the world. I wanted to share the serene yet powerful beauty and joy I always experience visually and spiritually at the site.” While Harada is probably best known in the US for her sculptures made from intricately cut and meticulously assembled foam sheets, her first love was drawing and her watercolors are widely collected in Japan. The pieces in SANCTUARY represent a marriage of these practices in which intricately cut paper reminiscent of her sculptural work is layered over brilliantly colored paintings.  The cut paper forms are both familiar and fantastic. Seeming at once ancient and futuristic, they populate their watercolor worlds. Harada once said that her work embodies her “wish for peace and love for humanity, mother earth and the universe.” SANCTUARY is a continuation of this mindset that absolutely delivers. Seen together, the effect is uplifting - even inspirational. Harada’s work has always been strongly tied to the ethos of the artist herself and to her art making philosophy: to spread joy with and through art.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Harada studied graphic design, Japanese fine art, and drawing  at Ochanomizu School of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan. Harada has had solo exhibitions at The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art; the Fort Worth Community Art Center; the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas; the Promo-arte Project Gallery, Tokyo; Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas; Koelsch Gallery, Houston; The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas; and, most recently, at Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas.Harada’s work is also represented in the collections of the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas and The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas.
Talley Dunn Gallery is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and by appointment. For more information about the exhibition, please contact Meredith Leyendecker at the gallery (meredith@talleydunn.com or 214/521-9898) for visuals and a checklist. Concurrently with this exhibition, Joseph Havel: Mend will be on view in the Main Gallery at Talley Dunn Gallery.

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