Ai Yamaguchi
yorokobi - spring
2011
beran arches,etching on colored ganoderma,aquatint 11/50
28.5×16.0cm
Frame:38.0×29.2cm
This work consists of a series of eight pieces, created in pairs for each season—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—each themed around the joys of that particular season. Each piece features a deformed representation of a flower that symbolizes the season, with Yamaguchi Ai’s distinctive girl depicted at the center.
While the series includes eight pieces, each one is available for individual sale.
The condition of the artwork is good, with a signature and edition noted at the bottom of the screen.
Frame condition: New.
Delivery of this piece within Japan will take approximately 1 week to 10 days.
ABOUT Ai Yamaguchi
Ai Yamaguchi has been expressing young women living as prostitutes, based on the customs of the Edo period, using unique supports such as futons, shells, and boards, with delicate lines and clear colors. The works have new and multi-layered meanings, which are interpreted in her own unique way by Japanese culture and customs, the words of waka poems, and arts and crafts. The women in various poses, depicted from a variety of angles, combine the customs of the Edo period with the artist’s own eroticism.
BIOGRAPHY
1977 Born in Tokyo
1995 Entered Joshibi University of Art and Design, Department of Crafts, majoring in weaving
1999 Formed NINYU WORKS
Solo Exhibition
2000 "Unknown Flowers in Spring" NADiff, Tokyo
2001 "Laughing and Comfortable", Shibuya Seibu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010 "KIYU" Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibition
2002 "Kageki Metonymy" Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, USA
2004 "OFFICINA ASIA" Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
2006 "Fiction@Love" Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China (traveled to Singapore Art Museum, Singapore)
2012 "ZIPANGU - Boiling Japanese Contemporary Art" The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata, Japan (traveled to Takasaki Museum of Art, Gunma, Japan; Hachinohe City Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan; Akita Museum of Modern Art, Akita, Japan in 2013)
and many more.
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