“Panties 2”
W:30.5cm x H:30.5cm
Mixed media on paper
2010
$700.
*Virtual only
“Panties 4”
W:30.5cm x H:30.5cm
Mixed media on paper
2010
$700.
*Virtual only
“Panties 8”
W:30.5cm x H:30.5cm
Mixed media on paper
2010
$700.
*Virtual only
Large white panties caught my eye.
The large white panty was stretched shamelessly on a hanger, fluttering majestically from a window above, wash drying in the day’s air.
This is a shopping street in Shanghai.
“Wow, shocking!
Panties are supposed to be hidden.
Shameless, isn’t it?
Or, am I too sensitive?
Japanese public toilets are equipped with a music player that covers the sound of peeing.
Does this exist in any other country in the world?
Or, are Japanese just overly self-conscious?”
For some reason, I can’t get that panty out from my mind.
It appeared suddenly, white lace wavering in the breeze.
But as it hung over me, it began to interfere with my life long vision of roses.
KOHARU- Based in New York and Shanghai, I make prints with the theme of roses. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, my production activities have been at the National Academy of Fine Arts in New York since I was 50 years old. Start with fellowship and scholarship. Invited to exhibit at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo "International Science and Art Exhibition".