Hiroko Kubo was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1987, and currently lives and works in Hiroshima after receiving her MFA from Texas Christian University. Her works, which are based on the themes of agriculture and idols, using materials familiar to daily life, while drawing on theories of prehistoric art, ethnic art, and cultural anthropology, were featured in “Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual vol.10 There Are No Boundaries Here. /?” (Takamatsu Art Museum, 2022), “Saitama International Art Festival” (2020), “Rokko Meets Art: Art Walk 2020”, “A Place to Farm Life – Agriculture Opens the Future of Art” (Aomori Museum of Art, 2019), “Matsuri, Matsuru” (Spiral Garden [Tokyo], 2018). In these and other exhibitions, the artist has shown viewers the dynamism of human creative activity and imagination in response to the local environment. What have we inherited and what are we indifferent to today, living on the same land and living beyond the history of creation that has continued uninterruptedly since prehistoric times? Her works, which are created by exploring the relationship between our prehistoric ancestors and our contemporary lives, while connecting with the imagination of the distant past, arouse the viewer’s primitive creative power.
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TitleMud feetSizeH360xW620xD790cmYear2015-2016MediumIron, Windproof net -
TitleGentle handSizeH390xW289xD150cmYear2018MediumIron, Blue tarpaulin -
TitleMasks of contemporary agricultureSizeVaryYear2019MediumMixed media
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TitleMud feetSizeH360xW620xD790cmYear2015-2016MediumIron, Windproof net
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TitleGentle handSizeH390xW289xD150cmYear2018MediumIron, Blue tarpaulin
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TitleMasks of contemporary agricultureSizeVaryYear2019MediumMixed media
