Kohei Kyomori (Studio View 6)

"Studio View 6" extends Kyomori's reflexive series of canvases depicting the artist's working environment. The technique combines iwa-enogu mineral pigments — which retain visible particle texture and shift in tone depending on the grind — with UV resin, applied to seal and gloss specific areas of the surface. This selective resining produces a dual reading: matte, grainy passages indicate nihonga-derived pigment work, while resined areas refer to industrial finishes more typical of consumer signage and contemporary urban surfaces. Across his wider practice, Kyomori uses such material contrasts to register the tension between rural and metropolitan visual cultures. Within "Studio Views," the sixth canvas continues the project's argument that craftspeople, including the artist himself, are inseparable from the rooms they work in — a thesis grounded in Kyomori's upbringing in a depopulated dairy-farming district of Ehime Prefecture.