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Japanese sculptor
Chie Aoki (青木千絵, born 1981
[1] ) is a Japanese sculptor.
[2] Her sculpture work uses mediums of cloth, foam,
lacquer ,
[1]
[3] and she is also known for photography on rice paper.
[4] Her sculptures commonly have the shapes of amorphous human bodies, without heads or faces.
[5]
[6]
Aoki was born in 1981
[1] in
Gifu Prefecture , Japan.
[7] Her father was the curator of the
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art and introduced her to
Alberto Giacometti 's sculptures, which depict existential struggles.
[8] She received a degree in arts and crafts from the
Kanazawa College of Art in 2005, and completed graduate work in 2006.
[7] She has two daughters.
[8]
Aoki's works are surreal and convey the idea of metamorphosis or transformation.
[9]
[10] Her sculptures often start as carved
styrofoam blocks over which Aoki layers black lacquer, which is then polished.
[11]
Aoki's work is influenced by psychological themes seen in
Edvard Munch 's art.
[8]
Aoki's works have been featured in the following collections and galleries:
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c Aoki Chie (2009).
"BODY 09-1 "Impact" " . artsmia.org .
Archived from the original on March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
^ Carmelita Caruana.
"Chie Aoki" . escapeintolife.com . Escape Into Life.
Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
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b Marianne Combs (November 28, 2017).
" 'Hard Bodies' exhibit glows with a love of lacquer" .
MPR News .
Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
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"Gallery detail - Gallery G-77" . CONTEXT Art Miami. 2018. Archived from
the original on March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
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"Contemporary art by Chie Aoki sculptures" . iloboyou.com . I Lobo You.
Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
^ Jane Kenoyer (August 29, 2012).
"The Beautiful Mystery of Chie Aoki's Work" . HI-Fructose Magazine.
Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
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"青木千絵 -URUSHI BODY-展Aoki Chie Exhibition" [Aoki Chiu Exhibition - URUSHI BODY] (in Japanese).
Archived from the original on March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
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a
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c Andreas Marks (2017).
Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture . Minneapolis Institute of Art. pp. 87–89.
ISBN
9781517904173 .
Archived from the original on 2023-09-05. Retrieved 2019-03-09 .
^ Olivia Gissing (June 9, 2011).
"This Chie Aoki Collection is Shockingly Imaginative" . Trend Hunter.
Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
^ Russ Crest (June 7, 2011).
"Chie Aoki Human Growth" .
Beautiful/Decay .
Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
^ Diccon Sandrey.
"Guide to Masterpieces of Japanese Lacquer" . japanobjects.com .
Archived from the original on March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
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"Form in Art - Perceiving with the Hand: Aoki Chie" . Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. 2017.
Archived from the original on March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
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Aoki Chie . Sokyo Gallery. 2018.
Archived from the original on 2023-09-05. Retrieved 2022-07-27 .
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