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KOSAKU KANECHIKA is pleased to bring a solo presentation by Junko Oki to Art Basel Hong Kong 2024.

With each stitch made meticulously by hand, Oki engraves stories of life onto textiles. Engaging with used fabric, different types of threads, found objects, and her own embroidery, Oki’s practice is a meditative and painstaking one that stitches together histories, chronologies, narratives, and sentiments, while rejecting the structured conventions of embroidery. Her embroidery takes shape in abstract patterns, motifs, and forms, forging a singular artistic identity that reflects the physical …