PRESSE RELEASE – 20 May 2014 Rome-
“Tomoko: the ceaseless search of her free painting method; .. what seems to be only a precise drawing is transformed by magic into a complex representation”
“TOMOKO” is the title of Japanese artist Tomoko Fait’s personal exhibition. The exhibition is taking place under the patronage of the Institute for Japanese Culture, and will be held in the beautiful rooms of the Galleria Arte Maggiore in Rome from 25 May to 3 June 2014.
Tomoko’s unique and unmistakable art will be conveyed by the beautiful works of hers that have been brought together in the setting curated by the art critic and architect Raffaello Paiella.
“I would like to create a work that expresses me completely, but it is not there yet …” Tomoko Fait – Rome 2014.
“Tomoko’s way of working is itself a work of art. Her ceaseless search, her painting without setting herself a priori shapes, periods or direction (“There is no message in my works”, she says), detaching herself so as to almost go into a trance and not see her hand fall on the canvas, on the sheet of paper. An “emotional emergency” that makes her chest tighten until she succeeds, sometimes with difficulty, in escaping from it. Her subtle way of working; what at first sight seems to be only a precise, decorative and pleasant drawing, is transformed, to a patient and attentive eye, into a complex representation; as happens when you look at the clouds, suddenly they take shape and enchant you. The emotions evoked by the refined elegance of the composition sometimes even threaten to overshadow the path that led to that formal solution, that point of momentary equilibrium that the work of art represents and which exudes a serene joy.
Raffaello Paiella
(Rome, 2014)