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‘The World of kirigami: A Hundred Flowers & Words’ by Kanako Yaguchi is being held from Friday until 21 October in Hanoi.
Organized by the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, the exhibition will be held at the center’s Exhibition Hall at 27 Quang Trung Street, the center announced in a statement.
Kirigami is a traditional art of Japan and a variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper (from Japanese “kiru” which means to cut, and “kami” means 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 is usually symmetrical, such as snowflakes, pentagrams, or orchid blossoms.
These kirigami works are commonly observed in various Buddhism and Shinto festivals in Japan, decorative papers for New Year’s Day, Tanabata (The Star Festival), paper lanterns for fair, paper toys for kids, screen papers and folk handicrafts, to name but a few.
Kanako Yaguchi (b. 1976) is a master of kirigami works who can visualize the “shape of pleasure” in enormously diverse patterns. The feature of Kanako’s works is in their axial symmetry. She is highly acclaimed as a promising kirigami artist who adds new value on the traditional kirigami handicrafts by fusing contemporary sense into them.
Many of Kanako’s original patterns have become the standard in kirigami works and her cutting-edge patterns are used for new designs of Japanese traditional cloths (Kimono and Yukata) 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.
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 the beautiful world of kirigami.
The opening of the exhibition starts at 6 p.m. on Friday with the artist’s talk on kirigami at the Japan Foundation Exhibition Hall.
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