Ryoko Kimura | |
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木村了子 | |
Born | Kyoto, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Master's Degree, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, 1997 |
Known for | Contemporary Art, Nihonga painting |
Website | http://ryokokimura.com/index.html |
Ryoko Kimura (木村了子, Kimura Ryoko, born 1971) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works in Nihonga painting. She studied at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, graduating from the oil painting course in 1995, [1] and earning her master's degree in 1997. [2] Her artwork subject matter is traditional Bijin-ga (literally "beautiful person picture") but rather than depicting women, she instead observes the male figure from the "sexual gaze from a heterosexual female standpoint." [3] Her artwork has been exhibited in Japan, Taiwan, China, France, Germany, and USA. [2]
Kimura frequently depicts the motif of ikemen (good-looking men) [4] [5] and notes her inspiration from " Johnny's boys", a male entertainment and talent agency famous in Japan. [6] Though her backgrounds and Nihonga style appear quite conservative and hearken back to Muromachi Period works, her modern human subjects and inversion of the male-gaze from Bijin-ga demonstrate her contemporary influences. [3] [4] [6] She is also inspired by stained glass of Christian art, which she studied before seriously pursuing painting from 2003. [7] In an essay, Kimura compares the black sumi ink outlines of Nihonga to the thick linework in stained glass windows. [8]
In 2007, Christie's reported that her painting of Beauty of My Dish, which was of a man's body dish for L'opera gateau au chocolat was sold at auction for HKD 247,500. [9]
Her work is featured in the public collections of the Spencer Museum of Art and Honolulu Museum of Art. [2]
Ryoko Kimura | |
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木村了子 | |
Born | Kyoto, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Master's Degree, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, 1997 |
Known for | Contemporary Art, Nihonga painting |
Website | http://ryokokimura.com/index.html |
Ryoko Kimura (木村了子, Kimura Ryoko, born 1971) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works in Nihonga painting. She studied at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, graduating from the oil painting course in 1995, [1] and earning her master's degree in 1997. [2] Her artwork subject matter is traditional Bijin-ga (literally "beautiful person picture") but rather than depicting women, she instead observes the male figure from the "sexual gaze from a heterosexual female standpoint." [3] Her artwork has been exhibited in Japan, Taiwan, China, France, Germany, and USA. [2]
Kimura frequently depicts the motif of ikemen (good-looking men) [4] [5] and notes her inspiration from " Johnny's boys", a male entertainment and talent agency famous in Japan. [6] Though her backgrounds and Nihonga style appear quite conservative and hearken back to Muromachi Period works, her modern human subjects and inversion of the male-gaze from Bijin-ga demonstrate her contemporary influences. [3] [4] [6] She is also inspired by stained glass of Christian art, which she studied before seriously pursuing painting from 2003. [7] In an essay, Kimura compares the black sumi ink outlines of Nihonga to the thick linework in stained glass windows. [8]
In 2007, Christie's reported that her painting of Beauty of My Dish, which was of a man's body dish for L'opera gateau au chocolat was sold at auction for HKD 247,500. [9]
Her work is featured in the public collections of the Spencer Museum of Art and Honolulu Museum of Art. [2]