July 15 - October 1, 2023
From Galveston Arts Center:
“Mayuko Ono Gray’s exhibition, 七転び八起き_Fall seven times, get up eight, features the artist’s monumental graphite drawings that juxtapose Japanese calligraphic forms with depictions of the people, animals, and still-lifes captured in her daily experiences. Reflecting on her life, which is both culturally Japanese and American, Ono Gray’s graphite drawings hybridize influences from traditional Japanese calligraphy combined with Western drawing practices and aesthetics. Each drawing is titled with a Japanese proverb spelled out with hiragana and kanji characters intertwined to create a single line from the top right to the lower left of the pictorial space, following traditional Japanese writing format. The line serves as a metaphor for life and the path taken from birth to death. Through this work Ono Gray navigates her position living between two cultures and languages.”
On View: July 15, 2023 | 12–5 pm
2127 Strand Street
Galveston, 77550 TX
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