Palimpsest of Phantasm: An imaginary art garden　vol. 3 Fujita Noriko

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“The countless illusions spun by artists and accumulated since ancient times will coexist in a complex way that overlaps and stimulates each other, and will continue to writhe and transform forever without stopping.
And they will continue to alter reality, shaking our stalemated daily lives.”

〈Palimpsest of Phantasm: An imaginary art garden〉
November 2024　Soma Toshiki (art critic)

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vol. 3　Fujita Noriko｜藤田 典子

printmaker

｟friends｠

2013　etching　11.5×11.5cm　ed.20　¥33,000

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A faceless girl

A faceless girl, a kind of ghost of the concept of “girl”, releases its abyss and releases a mythical wonder into the outside world. The mysterious dream continues to multiply, and eventually it seems as if it is trying to take over the girl who is supposed to be the owner of the dream.

｟gigi｠

2011　etching　35.5×49.5cm　ed.20　¥88,000

Sometimes a dream can transform into dark thoughts of eroticism while also harboring the poison of decadence.

In addition, sometimes a dream develops into that of laying eggs, and girls may be searching for their own mode of childbirth, which is different from that of her mother and seems to be modeled on birds.

｟nightmare｠

2013　etching　53.5×69.5cm　ed.15　¥165,000

｟nesting｠

2015　etching　24×20cm　ed.15　¥44,000

While repeating various developments, girls’ dreams expand and gradually approach the dream of the womb… The power of dreams seems to be attempting to construct an amazing labyrinthine-like / Grotta-like womb cathedral… And deep within it lies the peace of dense darkness where life and death are married.

Noriko Fujita’s artistic practice, which resembles a delicate pointillist engraving as a tour of the womb, may be gradually approaching a kind of primitive ritual act.

｟fog｠

2012　lithograph　53.5×69.5cm　ed.10　¥99,000

｟embryo｠

2014　etching　24×30cm　ed.20　¥55,000

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Artist

Fujita Noriko｜藤田 典子

Born in Osaka in 1988. Completed doctoral course at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music.
“Utsusu” Exhibition (Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art Gallery/Aichi)
“To the Rays of Anamnesis – A Visionary’s Collection Box” (Shinobazu Gallery)
Krakow International Print Triennial (Krakow City Museum of Art/Poland)
solo exhibitions at Shinobazu Gallery, Ise Museum of Contemporary Art (Mie), and more.
Collection: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts

Art critic

Toshiki Soma｜相馬 俊樹

Born in 1965. Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Philosophy, Department of Aesthetics and Art History. Art critic.
Numerous books on the expression of eroticism and fantasy art.