"The planet is covered by silvery sleep" at Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo (2006)

Photo by Atsushi Nakamichi (Nacasa&Partners)

"The planet is covered by silvery sleep" at Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo (2006) Photo by Atsushi Nakamichi (Nacasa&Partners) (Photo: Rachel H)

Tomoko Konoike at Mizuma Gallery

Japanese artist sculpts with light and mythology

Rachel Holmes Apr 17, 2014 - 1 min read

"The planet is covered by silvery sleep" at Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo (2006)

Photo by Atsushi Nakamichi (Nacasa&Partners)

Virginia-Set Me Free, Fly from My Restraint (2007)

Photo by Atsushi Nakamichi (Nacasa&Partners)

Chapter Three "Wreck" - detail (2005)

photo by Keizo Kioku

Shira-Spirit from the Wild (detail)

2009

Japanese ink, shell powder, gold leaf on Kumohada-mashi paper (Japanese paper) (Fusuma)

182.0 x 1632.0 cm

photo by MIYAJIMA Kei

Courtesy the artist and Mizuma Art Gallery

Shira-Spirit from the Wild - detail (2009)

photo by MIYAJIMA Kei

Book Burning- World of Wonder (2007)

photo by Kei Miyajima

Conjuring light and wilderness in incredible works of art, Konoike's crystallizes Japanese mythology for instants of beauty. Finished with a modern twist Konoike is at once ethereal and sharply self-reflective.

At home in a long list of talent, the Akita-born Konoike is represented by Mizuma Art Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.

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