Shift

by Naoko Sekine

Size: H15.7 x W17.3 in (H40 x W44 cm)
Year: 2008
Edition: Original
Medium: Mechanical pencil, watercolor paper
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Naoko Sekine only uses pencils and sometimes a stylus to create her works. Although her medium is simple, her work instills a deep and complex emotion within us. While some parts of her work are drawn with soft touches, there are other darker parts that reflect light due to the sheer surface filled in with graphite.

She sees her work as a three-dimensional object whose sides you cannot see from any one perspective, but one that requires you to move around to view. Even though her work is on a two-dimensional canvas, each piece looks different as you change your perspective or depending on your feeling.

She depicts "her memory of experiences", but not one memory of a specific experience. When asked how she works on capturing memory, she answered that she is simply conscious of when she is moved. It is not only about surprises, but also about anger or sadness.

Being aware of when your heart is touched, knowing who you are, being your authentic self: she may be reminding us of such basic states of consciousness through her experience.

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	New Arrival: Naoko Sekine, depth created by a pencil and your awareness Jan. 17, 2013 [Announcement] Sekine only uses pencils -- and a stylus at times-- to create her work. What a simple medium! But her expression is broad and far from what I could have imagined as a work created by a pencil.

Interview with Naoko Sekine, "go for a walk at twilight" at MA2 Gallery Dec. 04, 2012 [Interview] After viewing the details of her drawings up close, one shouldn't be surprised by Naoko Sekine's large hands and elegantly long fingers, despite her petite stature. Using only pencils--and a stylus at times--she fills up large canvases with both powerful fish scale-like imprints and soft puffs of graphite clouds.