Tomona Matsukawa’s artwork to be collected in Shiga Museum of Art

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce that “From the outside, it probably looked like nothing was wrong.,” a major work by Tomona Matsukawa will be collected by Shiga 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. 

“From the outside, it probably looked like nothing was wrong.” was donated by Mr. Hiroyuki Maki. We sincerely appreciate his support.  

 

■Collected work
Tomona Matsukawa, From the outside, it probably looked like nothing was wrong., 2026, Oil on canvas, Each: 80.0 x 53.0 cm