KARASUMARU Yumi
“Spiriti evanescenti- dal Giappone a Marfisa d’Este”
curated by Maria Livia Brunellie
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6 December 2014 - 5 January 2015
Venue: Palazzina Marfisa d'Este
Hours: 9:30 - 13:00 / 15:00 - 18:00
Closed on Monday
(closed: 25 - 26 December, 1 January)
Admission: 4 euro, reduced 2 euro (for groups over 10 people, over 65 years), free (up to 18 years)
Tel: 0532-244949 / Fax: 0532-203064http://www.artecultura.fe.it/385/index.php?id=382
The Kappa Festival ( Japan Festival) is pleased to announce the inauguration of the personal exhibition of the Japanese artist Yumi Karasumaru – “Spirits evanescent - From Japan to Marfisa d'Este " curated by Maria Livia Brunelli.
Yumi Karasumaru presents a new series of paintings produced especially for her personal exhibition.
In honor of this intriguing figure, Karasumaru will stage a spectacular performance Night entitled "Korosu'-to kill " dedicated to Marfisa d'Este and made especially for the exhibition, which evokes heinous crimes Japanese united by a bond of blood to Legend of Marfisa d'Este.
Since the beginning of the Nineties Yumi Karasumaru’s research has developed pictorial images and performances in parallel, in an intense cultural investigation of the relationship between the present and the past of her country of origin, Japan.
In the paintings, as in the performances, the artist explores the history and spirit of a people suspended between tradition and the future; she analyses the crisis of a society whose customs have been modernised and westernised, causing deep trauma and unbearable lacerations, reflected in a surprisingly high number of suicides and murders.
In the performances, which combine Japanese theatre with western recital, as well as in the pictorial works, the memory of traditional Japanese painting coexists with Nipponese pop culture, with particular reference to Manga and Anime (Japanese cartoon) characters.
Each painting is the result of slow, patient and meticulous work. The artist uses a very personal pictorial technique, projecting the photographic images onto the canvas in order to accurately trace the outlines of the colours and then fill them with layers of unreal colours which simulate the effect of digital images, concealing the artist’s strong emotional involvement.
Yumi Karasumaru was born in Osaka, she lived and works in Bologna and Kawanishi , Japan.
Since the early Nineties she has taken part in important international expositions from Europe to the United States to Japan.
