About

Nobuko Sugio starts by emptying her mind and opening her ears to a state of nothingness. She listens to the various sounds of daily life, from the faint hum of the refrigerator to the distant voices of children and the sudden noise made by the wind. Sometimes, she deliberately listens to the radio while tirelessly drawing lines. Gradually, these lines become denser and accumulate, forming a picture on the canvas.

These works of art are not preconceived or premeditated, but rather created as if the lines were blown onto the canvas by the wind, scattered in a seemingly random pattern. However, …