About the Artists: Mari Ishikawa „SHAKKEI : Borrowed Scenery”

Place: Qubus Hotel Legnica, 2 Skarbowa St.

Date: 16.04.-21.07.24

Opening: 11.05.24

Admission free

In Japan ”MA” is used for both time and space, and captures the elusive sensations and emotions that are invisible. In this exhibition, the works will be exhibited with a focus on Japanise “MA”.

Mari Ishikawa sees a parallel world through her everyday life and she translated them into jewelry. “We can’t see anything unless we try. Discovery begins with the sense of sight”.

SHAKKEI (Borrowed Scenery): It is one of the architectural theories in Japan.

The pattern of the KIMONO is likened to “Borrowed Scenery”, and new landscaped are drawn in various neckpieces. Jewelry could be expressed with the person who wears it as a borrowed scenery. Alternatively, the jewelry may be the borrowed scenery of the person.

(UN)LOCKED: This works are based on our current situation. I hope that we can break through the blockage. There is no such thing as an endless night- There is always light behind the clouds. When we realize that the days of stagnation are not forever, and that there is precious beauty lurking in the present moment, holding on to hope, the way is already open and change has already begun.

Mari Ishikawa – a graduate of the Nara University of Education in Japan (master's degree of art in 1986), diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 2001. Visiting Professor at the Kobe Design University in Japan. She participated in more than one hundred exhibitions (e.g. in Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Sweden, USA). Winner of the Art Prize 2016 by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Munich), Inhorgenta Munich Award in the 22nd International Jewellery Competition REVOLT in 2013 (Legnica), 2nd Prize in the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize (Pittsburg, USA) and others. Her works have been included in several jewellery collections, among others: Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Great Britain, MAD – The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA. Mari Ishikawa lives in Munich, where she maintains her studio.

Borrowed scenery pendant (made from a Japanese kimono)

Borrowed scenery pendant (made from a Japanese kimono)

Borrowed scenery pendant (made from a Japanese kimono)