KAZE TO FUKURO (wind and owl)

KAZE TO FUKURO — Wind and Owl — a composition that pairs the elemental force of wind with the nocturnal bird, the owl depicted in the atmospheric context of moving air. Wind subjects in Japanese art were traditionally represented through their effects on other things — grass bending, sleeves billowing, waves raised on water — rather than directly, and Kimura's Wind and Owl composition may show the owl within the physical presence of wind: feathers ruffled, posture adjusted to the moving air.