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Artist: Paula Nishikawara
Title: 1887 - 1958 - Ojiisan
Medium: Cyanotype on silk, thread, nails, in custom ash wood frame
Year: 2025
Dimensions : 12×15” Finished
1887 - 1958 - Ojiisan
(Grandfather in Japanese)
He died before I was born.
As the twists and turns of my research lead me around Japan, my art expressions respond.
Found photographs that survived the 2nd world war become cyanotypes on silk. He was a silk trader -
The unstable essence of this medium and the often fading of images request me to be in vigilance and response.
The weaving of this story engages newly found family members in Japan and afar and my curiosity is heightened.
I share with other artists at the Tokyo University of Art about Art based in research/research based art.
How do artist respond to research and express the findings or gaps through their art pieces.
Artist: Paula Nishikawara
Title: 1887 - 1958 - Ojiisan
Medium: Cyanotype on silk, thread, nails, in custom ash wood frame
Year: 2025
Dimensions : 12×15” Finished
1887 - 1958 - Ojiisan
(Grandfather in Japanese)
He died before I was born.
As the twists and turns of my research lead me around Japan, my art expressions respond.
Found photographs that survived the 2nd world war become cyanotypes on silk. He was a silk trader -
The unstable essence of this medium and the often fading of images request me to be in vigilance and response.
The weaving of this story engages newly found family members in Japan and afar and my curiosity is heightened.
I share with other artists at the Tokyo University of Art about Art based in research/research based art.
How do artist respond to research and express the findings or gaps through their art pieces.