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We are pleased to announce the exhibition "Chie Aoki: Melting Bodies" at Sokyo Gallery. Aoki first became fascinated by the luster of lacquer as a university student, which made her feel as if she was being sucked into it. By fusing the mysterious blackness of lacquer with the universal body, Aoki expresses the complex emotional world of loneliness and conflict that swirls inside human beings. Her works, which combine the concrete and the abstract, and aesthetically display the deep and glossy characteristics of lacquer, clearly show the artist’s creative attitude of pursuing human …