Tomona Matsukawa and Keita Morimoto’s artwork to be collected in Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce that But it’s something I can only do now.,  by Tomona Matsukawa and Forgotten Paths by Keita Morimoto will be collected by Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art.   

Matsukawa’s distinctive realistic and somewhat dramatic paintings are born from interviews with other women of her generation and the titles and motifs are picked from the phrases that strook her during the conversations. Retaining her interest in themes of her earlier works such as the remnants of daily life, the humanity that lingers in certain gestures, and the interiority of human beings, a fragment of scenes from everyday life derived from the conversations are reconstructed on her flat and smooth surface. In this reconstruction, there is a simultaneous attempt to transfigure the aspect of vulnerability in life.  

Morimoto engages deeply with the techniques and themes of Baroque lighting, early 20th-century American Realism, and pre-modern Genre Painting. By referencing these historical movements, he reimagines contemporary urban life, transforming ordinary streets into extraordinary narratives. Through the symbolic use of light, he merges its sacred and natural connotations with the stark realities of consumerism and industrial culture, creating works that resonate with both historical depth and modern complexity.   

But it’s something I can only do now. And Forgotten Paths were donated by Mr. Hiroyuki Maki. We sincerely appreciate his support.  

 

■Collected works 

Tomona Matsukawa, But it’s something I can only do now., 2024, Oil on canvas, 116.7 x 72.7 cm 

 

Keita Morimoto, Forgotten Paths, 2024, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 116.7 x 116.7 cm