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KANAKO

NAMURA

HOW TO PLAY IN THE PARK a series

I came across a sign in the park that read, “How to Play in the Park.” It got me thinking. Do we really need to be told how to play?

Apparatuses on the Mountain Top

Installed on top of Mt.Rokko in Kobe, Japan, during ROKKO MEETS ART 2022, an annual contemporary art walk. The sculptures were based on the three images in the drawing below.

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drawings for How to Play in the Park

33.5 x 24.5cm each, oil pastel, watercolor, graphite on calligraphy paper, 2020

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Park Apparatus A,B and C

80 x 80cm each, oil pastel, watercolor melamine sponge print on calligraphy paper, 2020

Park Apparatus A

Park Apparatus B

Park Apparatus C

A brief walk through of the show

Solo show "How to Play in the Park" at Gallery 1616 in Osaka, Japan.

November 1 through 4, 2020.