Aya Takano

We, human race made this structure

€1,500

Edition of 10096.0 (H) × 63.0 (W) cm

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Aya Takano's drawings and oil paintings share playful visions of a future free from social constraints.

Like much of Aya’s work, We, the human race made this structure embodies her surreal reflections on precarious individual identities in sprawling urban surrounds. “I’m always thinking that cities nowadays are very weird structures. I think we can make them better places to live, that we have enough intelligence to do it - but we are not doing it yet. At the same time I have a strong love for the cities, which is also nostalgic. This artwork was born from these feelings.”

Framing

The edition can be ordered float-mounted in a solid ramin wood frame, painted black with visible grain and complete with UV plexiglass for protection.

Medium

Archival pigment print on Somerset En Satin 330gsm paper.

Certificate of Authenticity

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Finishing

Each print is finished with high gloss, metallic and phosphorescent screenprint layers.

Release date

June 15, 2021

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Aya Takano2 collaborationsAya Takano's drawings and paintings share personal and quietly political visions of freedom. Her signature wide-eyed figures are delicately rendered in soft lines and muted hues with watercolor, graphite and oil. She sees her work in lineage from 70s Shōjo manga (girl comics), founded on an ethos of feminine strength and power. Classical literature, folklore, science-fiction and Western Impressionism are also important influences for the artist. Throughout the works, recognisable motifs like architecture and urban space blend with dreamlike perspectives in order to challenge notions of ‘normality.’ “It looks abnormal in Western culture, but it may be normal in the unconscious world.” Thus, the artist poses a pertinent question: if the constructed limits of normality can shift in dreams, why are they often so rigid in society?

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