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(CPV) - An exhibition titled “The World of Kirigami: A Hundred Flowers & Words” by Japanese artist Kanako Yaguchi will be open 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 will be displayed, making the whole space of the exhibition into a beautiful world of kirigami.
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.
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.
Kanako has also published a lot of books on kirigami and often appears on TV in Japan as an instructor for making kirigami works at home.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.
These kirigami works are commonly seen in various Buddhist and Shinto festivals in Japan; decorative paper for New Year’s Day, paper lanterns, paper toys for kids, screen papers and folk handicrafts, to name just a few.
In the framework of the exhibition, an artist’s talk on kirigami will be held at the Japan Foundation Exhibition Hall at 6pm on Friday, 21 September./.
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