Curator Hosaka Kenjiro says, “Idetsu Kyoko is a mother of two children, ages 10 and 7. The reason why I introduce such a personal information is because such “life” is exuded in her works. For example, in the text accompanying “Midday festival,” she says, “Still, we have children, and we have no choice but to expose our faces to the daylight. It’s not fashionable or anything.

It is the expression of such complex or natural feelings that gives her works a disquieting atmosphere beyond the silliness of children’s drawings….The exhibition was a mixture of fun, nostalgia, sadness, and honest feelings about the future. Please come and experience her world, where various emotions are mingled in a roundabout way.”

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