kyoko okubo is a mystery. her sculptures are realistic representations of a fantasy life complete with wild animals in the living room. each delicate piece, handcrafted from traditional japanese washi paper, captures the gentle expressions and loving gestures of a little girl and her menagerie. dreamy. poetic.
but who is kyoko? okubo’s collection of diminutive paper sculptures, recently on exhibit at the mobilia gallery, seem to be the only sign of the talented artist. even my super-sleuthing-ways could not uncover any other information.
the mystery continues…
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Wonderfull expression of animals and children in this collection. I love it !! Thank you for this share !…
Mariane S.
I’m not usually one for the cute stuff – but this work is lovely. Sweet, charming and just odd enough to be very interesting. Susan – you’ve done it again. Tx Loretta
its characters are so strange for me.
I do not have a word, nor expression to say my felt.
thank you for this article
I am happy to see Kyoko’s work on your site. She is actually a friend of mine and I have written about her on my blog
http://artfoundout.blogspot.com/search/label/Okubo
There are pictures of her work in my collection that are not on the Mobilia Gallery site.
[...] I wrote about Kyoko Okubo’s diminutive paper menagerie in July, 2007 I marveled at her vivid imagination and wondered out loud why my super-sleuth skills [...]