caco

“It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover, to your surprise, that you have rendered something in its true character.”

(Camille Pissarro)

As a child, it was enough for Japanese artist caco to have paper and pencils to draw pictures and create imaginary characters and stories. Now, inspired by the real world, caco creates new ones through a digital pencil, each inhabited by different characters, with their own face, look and voice. It is as if the artist were making many self-portraits and portraits of the surrounding world, thus composing mosaics of life that intersect with each other. Caco draws the world with images that start from self-reflection and that open up a relationship with the other, thus proposing a multiple vision of the world and of what the human being is “There are various problems and troubles that we encounter in life and through my artistic activities, I am able to recognize the beauty and preciousness of the true nature of human beings”, caco explains With the drawings “A Flower Blooming in A Snowstorm Is Beautiful”, “A Literature Girl” and “The Parade of Life”, caco proposes a storytelling that is both reflective and vital, sensible and energetic The narrative that the drawings suggest makes them appear as different chapters from the same storybook, with a crescendo of positive emotions Starting with “A Flower Blooming in A Snowstorm Is Beautiful”, a young, blond girl is portrayed with her nose and cheeks red due to the cold Her hair is covered by the hood of her vest and her eyes have a sad yet almost hopeful gaze This hope travels in “A Literature Girl”, which caco describes as “the story of a girl who encounters literature that was supposed to be lost in the distant future”. Up on a hill, a girl with a mask on her face is portrayed reading a book. What transpires from this drawing is the message that nothing is completely lost, even those things that should have been so. “All the creatures on earth that have held on to life since time immemorial are like a grand parade” is how caco presents “The Parade of Life”. Here, young girls hold hands dancing a happy dance, accompanied by birds flying different trajectories. The sky is blue and smile is in their faces. It is a celebration of people and discoveries, a celebration of staying together even with differences, a hymn to life that gives opportunities, happiness and adventures.

Art Curator Martina Lattuca