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Colourful abstract painting featuring intricate, stylised animals and birds with vibrant details on a textured yellow background.

Three Guardians: Gatekeeping the Heat and Cold

€2,000

Colourful abstract painting featuring intricate, stylised animals and birds with vibrant details on a textured yellow background.

Miwa Komatsu

Three Guardians: Gatekeeping the Heat and Cold

€2,000

Limited edition

Edition of 50

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Miwa Komatsu channels Japanese mythology into her new limited edition print.

Three Guardians: Gatekeeping the Heat and Cold, painted in 2021, depicts three mythical lion dogs of Japanese folklore, known as komainu. For the artist, who grew up among the mountains of Nagano and begins each work through prayer and meditation, art is a direct channel to the immaterial world. Inspired by the monk and calligrapher Kūkai, she approaches her practice as a form of living mythology.

This limited edition print features two silkscreen shimmer layers, a matte varnish seal and bespoke deckled edges, made in close collaboration with the artist and our specialist printmakers at Make-Ready.

a portrait of Miwa Komatsu wearing a crisp white robe in her studio – colourful paintings are visible in the background

Miwa Komatsu

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Miwa Komatsu has one main objective in her practice – to translate spirituality into works of art. Working across different media, she explores Japanese folklore, Buddhism and other mythologies. She grew up in Nagano, the city with the highest mountains in Japan. This gave her "a deep sense of connection with the outside world, far beyond physical borders.” Her process often begins with prayer and meditation. This is a crucial part of connecting with the immaterial world she strives to channel. While Komatsu is best known for her paintings, she’s also made etchings, porcelain sculptures and virtual reality experiences. At exhibitions and events, she often paints live – showing how performative the painting process can be.

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