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ExhibitS
Together - We are Having a Good Day
OCt 2st thru Nov 11th, 2020
Together features the mother and son duo, Yuko Taylor and King Godwin, whose bond infu- ences one another’s own personal expression within their bodies of work. Apart from being an art- ist, Yuko’s life work has been to support King, an adult with autism. King transfers his feelings and what is true to him onto canvas and three-dimensional objects using bright, vibrant colors along with numbers that hold a special signifcance. Yuko, a Japanese-American Nihonga and oil painter, has exhibited works globally and draws inspiration from modern Western art and
Japanese historical imagery.
While King expresses his day, Yuko relays timelessness through her depiction of nature. King teaches Yuko the true meaning of how art impacts human beings, and in return, Yuko motivates King to keep pursuing his art. While the Covid-19-quarantine world diminished the community that supported them, King helped Yuko realize the only thing of importance was how to live their day-to-day lives—through painting. Trough this revelation, they recognized there was no loss. Yuko writes: “We are thankful that we have art in our lives. We are together, and having a good day.”
‘Majestic Incognito’
OCt 31st thru Nov 30th, 2019
Sanctuary
In 2017 I traveled to Northeast India to visit a dear friend who used to lived in NC. This area is a foundation of hearty dark English Breakfast Assam Tea and fragrant gentle highland Darjeeling tea. My longtime dream of visiting the route of “Silk Road” and the love of a cup of soothing tea at teatime is a simple connection to these lands.
I asked her, who is the ancestor and child of the scholars of Boro-tribe and its kingdom, to take me to the area. She had stated many times that the Boro tribe is her heritage. She also said there are people who looked just like me. These seemingly untouched indigenous people - the Boro, and other indigenous people in the area, are tragically beautiful, ideally simple, unthinkably strong, and its culturally merged with the earth. I found a need to look for deeper connections, realizing that I would not be able to solve the puzzle of how I, a many generations Japanese female, was obviously genetically connected to these indigenous Boro residing in Northeast India.
As a visual artist, I am able to express respect and weave my personal connection to the Boro via these series of paintings inspired by my visit to Northeast India.
5 Points Gallery
Thursday – Saturday noon – 9pm
Sundays noon – 4pm
closed on Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Christmas and New Years.
(984) 439-8085