moki - paintings

Hiromart Gallery is pleased to present ABWESENHEIT, the gallery’s 3rd solo exhibition of moki, a Berlin based German artist. The show features moki’s new surreal paintings with a theme of ABWESENHEIT, German meaning for absence.

Artist Statement on 不在(FUZAI)/ABWESENHEIT:

where are you? 

I can touch your body 

sense your warmth 

but it feels like an empty shell

a vessel without content

to be in the world 

only with your physical presence 

your mind meandering

through the shallows of space 

safe in an imaginary place beyond reach

no matter if you are a plant

an animal or human being 

or something else somewhere in-between 

where are you?

this world is slowly falling apart; 

the water levels are rising

the ocean is getting sour 

increasingly warmer from climate collapse 

we stand paralyzed

it’s comfortable to slip over 

into the matrix of escapism

However, we need to be present 

in this very moment

in new acrylic paintings 

for the show FUZAI 

at the Hiromart Gallery in Tokyo

moki observes the idea of absence

ABWESENHEIT

October 11 – November 17, 2019

Artist:          moki

Hours:         1 to 7 pm, Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (and by appointment)

Born in 1982 in Brilon, Germany.

Currently she lives and works in Berlin.

She graduated fine art at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (HFBK), Germany. 
Her artworks exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in North America, Europe and Asia. 

She is a scholarship holder of Cusanuswerk, Dietze Foundation and Kampnagel. Goethe Institut invited her to do lectures, workshops and an exhibition.

Her artbooks are: “Asleep in a foreign place” (2006), and “How to Disappear”(2010) and “Shelter” (2016) published by Gingko Press.

Her graphic novels are:  “Wandering ghost” (2011) and “Sumpfland”(2019) published by Replodukt.

Her solo show with Hiromart Gallery was held in 2014 and 2017

Image on TOP: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 30x40cm, 2019

Below:

Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 24x24cm, 2019

Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 18x18cm, 2019

Please contact us for information and availability on the artworks: info(at)hiromartgallery.com

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