Tomona Matsukawa participate in the exhibition "Love Fashion: In Search of Myself" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery

Tomona Matsukawa will participate in “Love Fashion: In Search of Myself” at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery starting from April 16 to June 22. Matsukawa will exhibit several paintings, including her work 《Nevertheless, I am a mother》（2018）.

Dressing is a universal human activity. The clothes that we wear embody or conceal our internal desires, and they can reveal those desires along with our longings, our passions, and the conflicts and contradictions that we face. Fashion has a role as a receptacle for ‘Love’: the passions and aspirations of the wearer. Driven by those emotions, we may be motivated to wear something that we like, be inspired by someone’s look, want to be ourselves, or just want to lose ourselves. Fashion opens up a colourful world, like a kaleidoscope.

This exhibition is based on clothes and other fashion items from The Kyoto Costume Institute（KCI）’s collection of costume from the eighteenth century to the present day. In conjunction with art that throws light on fundamental human drives and instincts, the exhibits encourage us to ponder the various forms of ‘Love’ that can be seen in relation to fashion. Through this exhibition, we gain an opportunity to think about and reevaluate what it means for humans to wear clothes.

【EXHIBITION DETAILS】
Title: Love Fashion: In Search of Myself
Venue: Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery（Gallery 1,2）
Period: April 16 to June 22, 2025
Hours: 11:00 – 19:00（Last admission at 18:30）
Closing day: Mondays（except April 28 and May 5）, May 7
HP: https://www.operacity.jp/en/ag/
Organisers: Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation, The Kyoto Costume Institute（KCI）