Hiroya Kurata

Lemonhead

€550

Edition of 4076.0 (H) × 61.8 (W) cm

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A child slides free from reality in Hiroya Kurata’s sun-kissed vignette.

For his paintings, Hiroya Kurata draws inspiration from family life. Many are based on photographs he takes during adventures with his wife and three children. Tenderness is balanced with bizarre artistic interventions. In this case, the subject’s head becomes a large smiling lemon.

Complete with deckled edges and a silkscreen varnish seal, aptly-titled Lemonhead translates a recent painting of the same name into an edition of 40 signed prints.

Framing

Prints can be ordered float-mounted on an off-white backing in one of three bespoke framing options – matte black painted wood, matte white painted wood and unpainted abachi.

Medium

UV pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with a silkscreen matte varnish seal and deckled edges.

Certificate of Authenticity

Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.

Finishing

Individually signed, dated and numbered.

Release date

October 03, 2023

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Behind the scenes

Hiroya Kurata looking at the camera with his arms crossed, wearing a muted green T-shirt and a lime green cap

Hiroya Kurata1 collaborationA lot of artists have big dreams. Hiroya Kurata is one of them. But his big dreams revolve around the quiet joys of daily life, not the fading glamour of 'success.' "I feel like it's emotionally easier for me to paint now after telling myself: paint what I can now at this age." You can feel how liberating this approach is when you look at his work. His style is fun, loose and illustrative, a bit like the pages of a children's book. Kurata usually paints photographs he's taken of himself, his wife and three children. They hang out in places you recognise. A kitchen table, a river, a tennis court. The paintings ooze with the wholesomeness of a good family day out. But like any family, the paintings are subtly weird, too. "I draw the scenery in a detailed way," he explains. "But the faces are manga-ish, which is why there's a glaring contrast."

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