Makiko Kudo

Nanohana Ramen

€700

Edition of 8076.0 (H) × 61.7 (W) cm

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Makiko Kudo muddles fantasy and nostalgia to create a quiet idyll in Nanohana Ramen.

Based on an original painting, the edition explores Kudo’s signature serene landscapes of contemplative figures and earthy colour palettes. A lone, youthful figure sits in a marshland of wild grasses – their back turned to the viewer as they eat a bowl of noodles.

“I connect what I see and what I feel using imagination and emotions like dreams.”

Framing

Prints can be ordered float-mounted in a matte white painted wooden frame fitted with UV plexiglass for protection.

Medium

Archival pigment print on 290gsm Hahnemühle Agave paper with hand torn edges.

Certificate of Authenticity

Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.

Finishing

Individually signed and numbered by the artist in the lower right corner.

Release date

August 17, 2022

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Behind the scenes

Makiko Kudo smiling with paintings behind her

Makiko Kudo2 collaborationsMakiko Kudo’s whimsical scenes are populated by girls, trees, grass, flowers and small animals. Her palette is soft but varied, built up in thin layers of oil paint. The works are inspired by modernist painters like Claude Monet and Willem de Kooning, as well as classical Japanese art, and childhood television shows like Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974). Stylistically, the manga-esque figures join the Superflat movement spearheaded by Takashi Murakami. The social context of growing up in Japan is also important to Kudo. As she explains, her generation sought to resist rigid social expectations of their parents' generation. This was intensified by the rise of alternate realities like cartoons and computer games, providing escapism from the ‘real world.’ Likewise, Kudo’s paintings proffer an exciting fantasy realm for their viewer to escape into.

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