We’re pleased to introduce Yoshino Hirota’s paintings.

The expression is neither realistic nor cartoonish, there is a sense of reality in it, and even though they look like children, you can feel the personality of one person. When I look at Yoshino Hirota's works, which are based on motifs of human faces, for some reason I get affirmative tears of symphathy after looking at them for a while. Unspeakable emotions are expressed and I feel the presence of a certain heart. The dignified and tense screen gives you a sense of being refreshed, and you can feel nostalgic emotions in a modern atmosphere at the same time. The psychological descriptions expressed in the faces of the people depicted in Hirota's works are very contemporaneous and realistic, and I can often relate to them from the bottom of my heart, saying "Yes! I can sympathise with them. The expressions have a quality that makes it possible to read the current social situation. In addition, the subtleties of emotion are depicted with incomparable nuance. The work depicts the state of the human heart, which is not easily touched, quietly but with a touch of reality. In her unique style, she expresses the subtleties of the human heart, which are difficult to convey in the usual realistic realism. Hirota's work does not have an optimistic viewpoint, as if what is depicted can be immediately translated into language. She paints with respect for the subtleties that can only be expressed in ambiguous terms when using language. In opposion to negation of ambiguity, an objection to homogenisation, levelling and stereotypical thinking. It can also be said that by depicting people's faces, the work honestly expresses the value of the heart, which is almost lost in the great currents of contemporary society. The work expresses, in a vague but fresh way, the sense of reality and worldview held by individuals living in an age when the way of looking at things and thinking, which were once thought to be certain and on which we should live our lives, are no longer certain. The images that can be read from the expressions on the faces of the painted characters invite the viewer's sympathy, and the work, which expresses through the subtle expressions of the characters the feeling of wanting to share but not being able to, shows a perspective on the nature of the relationship between 'one and other' that is common to all times. Yoshino Hirota creates works that deeply penetrate people's hearts and we are moved by the act of expression that places value on 'purity'.