“Kishi no eizo”, 2010. HD video with sound, 10min, installation view. Photo by Tsuyoshi Saito. Courtesy of Mito Contemporary Art Center.

 

Kishino no eizo applies the pictorial matter of collage in a computer editorial style. It does not use traditional material or backing that defines painting. Therefore it effortlessly achieves a fusion of a Japanese classical painting style and the western style of collage that presents an uncertain mystical netherworld landscape. (text by Mizuki Takahashi, extract from a leaflet “Criterium 80: Takao Minami”, Mito Contemporary Art Center.)