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ERA GALLERY Milano, Italy RIKAKO KAWAUCHI solo show The voice of the soul info@eragallery.it Tel.+39 02 3652 2686 Via Palermo, 1-5, 20121 Milan www.eragallery.it @_eragallery Press release “When I draw/paint, colours, shapes, and images burst like a storm and coa- the line, be it etched in paint, drawn in pencil, or bent in wire or neon tubing. gulate on canvas in a single moment. The touch of paint and the lines emerge Curious and mysterious subjects are generated by the interaction of these li- with a certain speed. It appears vividly without the filter of my brain’s images nes; beasts both real and imagined, heads with great domed foreheads, fruits, and thoughts so it may be described as the shouts and whispers of the body” bodily organs, stars and silhouettes. They dance and embrace, their outlines - Courtesy of the Artist sinking into a sea of vivid blues, pinks, greens and violets. When tasked with describing the sensation of producing a work Rikako Kawau- Fantastic as the scene may be, our instinct calls out to trace our finger along chi compares it to “a balloon inflating,” Wherein as her “body and thoughts the lines, a decidedly mundane and bodily act which mirrors that of Kawauchi come up and press against this swollen, balloon-like volume” and she begins in carving them into the paint. Through this instinct we embrace her as her “to sense my physicality for the first time,” From this we can gain some sense creatures embrace each other. Kawauchi locates her own body in this tension of the priorities of her work, though seemingly otherworldly in its aesthetic between airy and splendid fantasy and the concreteness of corporeal reality, results, it finds its genesis in a very carnal consideration of embodiment. and in externalising this process into paintings, drawings and sculptures she helps us to locate our own bodies when we are confronted by her work. Materials and treatments for her vary; often she takes a canvas and coats it lusciously in layers of oil paint, otherwise often creating gently glowing twists of neon, even on occasion the solemn simplicity of black lines on white paper in her drawings. The constant which remains through this material variety is Palm fruit, 2022 Oil on canvas 162 x 130 cm 63.77 x 51.29 in USD 10.000 + VAT if applicable Grape, pineapple, mango, 2023 Oil on canvas 130 x 97 cm 51.2 x 38 in USD 7.500 + VAT if applicable Bloom, 2023 Oil on canvas 116 x 91 cm 46 x 35.8 in USD 7.000 + VAT if applicable River bank, 2022 Oil on canvas 97 x 130 cm 38 x 51.2 in USD 7.500 + VAT if applicable Mermaid, 2023 Oil on canvas 91 x 116 cm 36 x 46 in USD 7.000 + VAT if applicable Collections of snake, 2023 Oil on canvas 91 x 116 cm 35.8 x 45.9 in USD 7.000 + VAT if applicable Embrance, 2023 Oil on canvas 91 x 116 cm 36 x 46 in USD 7.000 + VAT if applicable Dancing, 2022 Oil on canvas 91 x 73 cm 36 x 28.6 in USD 5.500 + VAT if applicable Connecting, 2022 Oil on canvas 91 x 73 cm 36 x 28.6 in USD 5.500 + VAT if applicable A game only birds can play, 2023 Oil on canvas 91 x 73 cm 36 x 28.6 in USD 5.500 + VAT if applicable Banana tongue, 2022 Oil on canvas 53 x 45.5 cm 20.8 x 18 in USD 3.300+ VAT if applicable Fingers, 2023 Oil on canvas 45.5 x 38 cm 18 x 15 in USD 2.800 + VAT if applicable Love, 2022 Oil on canvas 41 x 31.8 cm 16 x 12.5 in USD 2.500 + VAT if applicable BABY, 2022 Oil on canvas 38 x 45.5 cm 15 x 18 in USD 2.800 + VAT if applicable I have you, 2022 Watercolor and pencil on paper 213.5 x 140 cm 84 x 55 in USD 6.500 + VAT if applicable Stand, 2023 Neon, light x cm USD 4.800 + VAT if applicable Human, 2023 Neon, light x cm USD 4.800 + VAT if applicable Ginger, 2023 Neon, light x cm USD 4.800 + VAT if applicable Heart, 2023 Neon, light x cm USD 4.800 + VAT if applicable