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(CPV) - An exhibition titled “The World of Kirigami: A Hundred Flowers & Words” by Japanese artist Kanako Yaguchi is taking place at the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam from 22 September – 21 October 2012 in Hanoi.
In this exhibition, Kanako’s recent masterpieces as well as newly created works in Vietnam is being displayed, making the whole space of the exhibition into a beautiful world of kirigami.
Many of Kanako’s original patterns become standards in kirigami works and her cutting-edge patterns are used for new designs of Japanese traditional cloth as well as for advertisements.
Kirigami (paper cut-outs) is one of the Japanese traditional arts and a variation of Origami (folding paper) that includes cutting of the paper. Typically, kirigami starts with a folded base, which is then cut; cuts are then opened and flattened to make the finished kirigami works. Kirigami patterns are usually symmetrical, such as snowflakes, pentagrams, or orchid blossoms.
Kanako Yaguchi, born in 1976, is a master of kirigami works who can visualize the “shape of pleasure” in enormously diverse patterns. The feature of Kanako’s work is in its axial symmetry, and she is highly acclaimed as a promising kirigami artist who adds new value on the traditional kirigami craft by fusing it with contemporary sensibility.
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