WHEN THE EAST MEETS THE WEST
Umberto Vattani
Dans les arts rien ne vit que ce qui donne continuellement du plaisir.
Stendhal
Art is a vehicle through which artists communicate with the world, exploring and conveying their visions, emotions, and reflections. Among the countless talents that color the contemporary art scene, the fascinating figure of Tomoko Fait, a Japanese artist whose dazzling compositions amaze and stimulate the mind, inviting one to immerse oneself in a universe of forms in continuous mutation, variations of colors, and intriguing micro-drawings, stands out.
Tomoko Fait, with her unmistakable art, creates works that go beyond mere visual representation, penetrating the soul of the viewers, evoking surprise and sometimes disorientation. It is easy to get lost in the maze of the flowing lines of ancient Japanese tradition, chasing complex combinations that turn into sudden floral constellations. The succession in the representation of moments and pauses invites one to stop, to go back, imagining fabulous and surreal paths.
Her canvases are painted with the assurance of the stroke, sometimes interrupted and often modular, with a technique that skillfully blends signs and colors. Thus, seductive assemblages are born that capture attention and inspire imagination. Each fragment tells a story, each color evokes an emotion, transporting the observer on a sensory and poetic conceptual journey.
The visual immersion in the labyrinths created by the artist reveals one or more fairy tales that seek a beginning and an end. Free and light forms are chased, one penetrates the compositions, breathes the density of dark presences, textures, lace. What appear to be true itineraries are divided into paths of the unknown, then move in circular movements among a thousand variations and successions of unrepeatable moments. One returns to reality, guardians of a oneiric exploration.
Tomoko was born in Japan, near Fukuoka, to a bourgeois Buddhist family. Her father, a former military man, works in the naval industry, while her mother takes care of the house and children. Tomoko, intolerant and rebellious to Japanese traditions, leaves her family as soon as she reaches adulthood.
In 1979, taking advantage of the admission of women to military service, she enters the Japanese Air Force. Although she aspires to become a fighter pilot, she is assigned as an engine mechanic. This experience pushes her towards independence and freedom, making her refractory to compromises.
Despite a marriage and ten years of family life, Tomoko cannot suppress the desire to explore the world. She leaves Japan again in 1997, heading to Israel. Here, she attends art school and discovers her passion for painting.
Since 2002 she has lived in Italy, where she has already held several solo exhibitions.
When the work of Tomoko Fait intersects with the sculptures of Ruggero Lenci, a silent and powerful dialogue is born. The imposing totems of Ruggero Lenci, with their solidity and three-dimensionality, dominate the matter, while Fait’s paintings explore its essence and transform it into pure visual emotion. This complementarity between two different artistic languages, yet so intrinsically linked, gives rise to an aesthetic experience that challenges and enriches the viewer.
The contemporary presence of some of the most evocative works by Tomoko Fait and Ruggero Lenci in these rooms invites us to take an excursion into the world of contemporary art that explores the boundaries between reality and abstraction, matter and spirit, allowing us to discover new perspectives on the meaning and beauty of art.
