In Both sides, highly translucent tinted urushi permeates the washi, attempting to dissolve the very boundary between front and back.
As we move through life, we embody many roles, emotions, and shifting identities. These are often described as opposing sides of the self, yet they are not truly separate. Both equally belong to who we are.
Within this work, even what appears to be the “back” emerges without a clear boundary. It becomes an ambiguous space released from fixed meanings and roles—a quiet state that belongs neither entirely to one side nor the other.
Rather than separating front from back, the work allows both to coexist.
Within this uncertain space, distinctions gradually fade, leaving only the quiet presence of the material itself.
The orientation of the work remains intentionally open and may be determined in relation to the exhibition space.
