{"id":4888,"date":"2016-08-26T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T09:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micheko.com\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2021-02-05T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:05:36","slug":"kiri-ga-ii-new-contemporary-paper-cut-outs-by-risa-fukui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micheko.com\/en\/kiri-ga-ii-new-contemporary-paper-cut-outs-by-risa-fukui\/","title":{"rendered":"“KIRI GA II\u201c \u2013 new contemporary paper cut-outs by Risa Fukui"},"content":{"rendered":"

Risa Fukui, the wizard of paper cut-out art<\/h2>\n

Opening: September 9th, 2016, 6pm \u2013 9pm
\nExhibition: 10th September \u2013 22nd October 2016<\/p>\n

Our western idea of a paper cut out is usually linked to side view portraits cut from black paper dated 18th or 19th century. It is probably less known that paper cut-out art originated in North China from where is found its way to Japan. As most things that came to Japan from China, it was adapted and improved to suit the Japanese taste.<\/p>\n

\"LIFE

LIFE SIZED, suprise. Jahr: 2016. Abmessung: 650 x 500 mm<\/p><\/div>\n

Paper cut-out artist from Tokyo, Risa Fukui<\/a>, born in 1975 has substantially contributed to the transition for paper cut-out art into the 21st century. The complexity and perfection of her work has little to do with the relatively simple cutting techniques of earlier paper cut-out works.<\/p>\n

Risa Fukui about her work: \u201eIn \u201ecutting\u201c a \u201epicture\u201c, the most important inspiration for me is the force of life. I cut into the paper and shape the image as if I were infusing life into each line, as if I were carving out my own life. We are born into the world, nurtured, grow up, and by raising our own children bring forth a new generation. To live is hard and scary. Life is ephemeral. But in life is found great power and beauty. At life\u2019s essence is an enduring truth that cannot be expressed in words. This is what I endeavour to cut into physical form.\u201c<\/p>\n

Risa Fukui\u2019s world gets inspiration by Japan\u2019s rich treasure of myths and legends as well as from the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. The artist shows us creatures, which we see rather seldom as subjects of art: hyenas, wolves, toads and other rather unpopular animals as well as old or uncommon people.<\/p>\n

Fukui\u2019s art in Japanese is called \u201ekiri e\u201c, paper cut-out silhouettes, but what Fukui really creates are \u201ekiri ga\u201c, paper cut-out paintings.<\/p>\n\n\t\t