Maya Makino
Faded

Duration: April 3—May 8, 2022
Location: Viewing room

CAI Gallery is pleased to present Faded, a solo exhibition by the Japanese artist Maya Makino. The exhibition consists of a selection of nine indigo dye paintings on panel, presented as the opening show of CAI’s viewing room. The exhibition concept is related to the artist’s attempt to capture the past, a moment of remembering, and to preserve it in a painting. Makino’s works express various fading phenomena. It refers to the transition in time where gradually fading memories finally fade away.

Maya Makino aims to capture and preserve the experience of witnessing scenes from the past, resulting from an involuntary awareness of sensations and appearing momentarily before her eyes. Think of the quietness of the night, the sound of the rain, or the scent of a flower. These fragments trigger childhood memories, followed by an experience in which those memories flash rapidly and are volatile through our minds before they disappear instantly, just as the artist becomes aware of these sights and senses.

The exhibition runs from April 3 until May 8, 2022, in our online viewing room.