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Oil Paintings Reframe Everyday Japanese Scenes

Artist Naru Hiko's oil paintings focus on ordinary elements in Japanese parks and residential neighborhoods, simplifying familiar landscapes.

The artworks draw inspiration from walks through everyday public and residential spaces in Japan. Recurring subjects include benches, traffic cones, fences, and playground structures, highlighting often-unnoticed objects and architectural elements within the urban environment.

Hiko simplifies and reconstructs the colors and forms of these familiar objects, reducing them to essential shapes and tones. This creates compositions that alter the perception of everyday surroundings.

The resulting paintings are rooted in recognizable Japanese landscapes but introduce abstraction through their treatment of color, geometry, and form.

By emphasizing overlooked details of public space, the work offers a slightly altered perspective on ordinary environments, making familiar scenes appear new.

The project, titled 'everyday japan', is by artist Naru Hiko.

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