Ulala Imai paints scenes drawn from both her familial life and popular culture. She works in her home, transforming her children’s toys, quotidian foods, and other household items into mysterious and lifelike subjects. A masterful oil painter, she relies on just a few brushstrokes to realize her luminous images. Arranging disparate objects in whimsical combinations, Imai’s subtle associations infuse her paintings with the latent tension of interpersonal dynamics. A still life painter, Imai turns the materials of her specific family life into repositories for the more universal human exchanges that surround them.
2020
oil on canvas
116.7 x 91 cm
oil on canvas
116.7 x 91 cm
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