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Stretches of earth extend in places where tiny people stand and water falls, swaying threads and ribbons spawn breezes, beads and glass invite the light inside. While engaging in a dialogue with space, Rei Naito combines natural elements with delicate motifs, and layers faint colors on canvas to evoke primordial scenes of life.

In her solo exhibition “Mirror Creation”, Rei Naito, an artist who has consistently endeavored to “transcend what people (I) make,” dealt with “creation” for the first time. Naito suggests that this is an act of becoming a person while acknowledging the fact that people are the main constituent in creation. This process involves moving back and forth between human beings and nature, you and I, life and death, inside and outside, and people and art as well as copying, reflecting, and altering these things. In developing a sense of unity with the anima and compassion that emerges from these mirrored images, a moment of creation arises as one attempts to face life.

The exhibition, filled with these moments of creation, took place in galleries of various sizes, light courts, and the spaces created by the corridors that connect them. Featuring photographs captured by Naoya Hatakeyama, this invaluable publication allows readers to relive the exhibition in different times of the day—during the day time with natural light, and after the evening, when the works were illuminated.

Rei Naito
Born in Hiroshima in 1961; currently lives in Tokyo. Graduated from the Visual Communication Design Department at Musashino Art University. After receiving acclaim for une place sur la Terre, shown at the Sagacho Exhibit Space in 1991, Naito went on to show the work in the Japan Pavilion at the 47th Venice Biennale. Her major solo exhibitions include Migoto ni harete otozureru wo mate (The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 1995); Being Called (Galerie im Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main, 1997); Tout animal est dans le monde comme de l’eau à l’intérieur de l’eau (The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Kanagawa, 2009); the emotion of belief (Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2014); émotions de croire (Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, 2017); Two Lives (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2017); and on this bright Earth I see you (Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, 2018). Her permanent works include Being given (Kinza, Art House Project, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, 2001) and Matrix (Teshima Art Museum, 2010).

Texts:
Rei Naito, Atsuhiko Shima (Director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa), Futoshi Hoshino (Assistant Professor, Waseda University), Yukiko Yokoyama (Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)

Exhibition “Rei Naito: Mirror Creation”
Saturday, June 27 – Sunday, August 23, 2020
Venue: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
*Admission by date and time.
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Publication
Title: Rei Naito: Mirror Creation
Photography: Naoya Hatakeyama
Texts: Rei Naito, Atsuhiko Shima (Director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa), Futoshi Hoshino (Assistant Professor, Waseda University), Yukiko Yokoyama (Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
Design: Toshimasa Kimura
Price: 5,800 yen (excl. VAT)
Size: 297 x 225 mm / 208 pages / Soft cover
Languages: Japanese / English
ISBN978-4-908062-31-5 C0070
October 2020

●Regular Edition　Price: 5,800 yen (excl. VAT)

Special edition limited 100 copies
Price: 15,000 yen (excluding tax)
ISBN978-4-908062-32-2 C0070
The format, number of pages, and content are the same as the regular edition.
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◉The drawing of Rei Naito is embossed on the first page.
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