People are scattered across a beach. This kind of waterside scene with people became a feature of Konishi Mana’s art from about the time this work was made. Most of the people are facing away, so their faces are not visible. The viewer’s gaze ranges freely over the scene, from the white-shirted woman in the foreground to the pairs of people sitting and standing on either side in the distance. The fence posts also guide the movement of the viewer’s eye.
The painting was based on landscape photographs taken using a digital camera. That explains the air of photographic realism, but the brush marks, intentional blurring and deformation of some elements convey a different impression. The work possesses a kind of realism that distinguishes it from both photography and a painting made from the imagination.
(MINAMISHIMA Ko)
People are scattered across a beach. This kind of waterside scene with people became a feature of Konishi Mana’s art from about the time this work was made. Most of the people are facing away, so their faces are not visible. The viewer’s gaze ranges freely over the scene, from the white-shirted woman in the foreground to the pairs of people sitting and standing on either side in the distance. The fence posts also guide the movement of the viewer’s eye.
The painting was based on landscape photographs taken using a digital camera. That explains the air of photographic realism, but the brush marks, intentional blurring and deformation of some elements convey a different impression. The work possesses a kind of realism that distinguishes it from both photography and a painting made from the imagination.
(MINAMISHIMA Ko)