This work was presented at Takumi Kikuchi's solo exhibition "The Garden on the Left Hand," held at MON from May 13, 2023. The work is housed in an acrylic box, so we recommend placing it as an object on a shelf or other surface rather than hanging it on the wall.

Title_Colored Marble 5

Artist: Takumi Kikuchi

Size: 27.3 x 22 cm

Material: Watercolor paper with mineral pigments

Production year: 2023

Notes: Poem and signature on the back.

■ Profile of Takumi Kikuchi
Born in 1991 in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, majoring in Japanese painting in 2015.
In 2017, he completed his graduate studies at the university's Graduate School of Fine Arts, majoring in art studies.

He uses cotton watercolor paper and mineral pigments made from crushed minerals. His technique is characterized by wiping off the paint once applied, which he uses to convey a sense of reservation and hesitation about hasty conclusions. This sense is mainly influenced by the ideas of the German philosopher Walter Benjamin, who continued to focus on the existence of things that have been lost in the flow of progress and development.