GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku is pleased to present the exhibition, S’s External Elements, Chika Osaka’s second solo show with the gallery. In the show, the artist created a main character, Sie Sasaki (the S) and looked at how the S related with many people without knowing it. It seems to be the relationship diagram of the S. ​

Osaka shows paintings, watercolors and lithographs. Using gradation technique, she successes to represent her lithographs like Ukiyo-e. The technique of prints applied to her paintings and drawings and made her works especially unique. She depicts Japanese traditional manner and patterns of clothes, buildings and background with details, but the themes are modern. People in her works try to live fervent but comically and idiotically even thought they are faced with the harsh conditions. 　

Since the beginning of her career, Osaka has worked in finding a way to show the works effectively with the texts. Getting a lot of inspiration from words, the artist writes stories and clips a scene from the story. However, her works do not describe the stories and do not complement the stories like book illustrations because the works are not expressed the scenes directly and viewers can interpret them in different way without the stories. As we all know, we connect a lot of people directly and indirectly through the social networking services. The relationships have expanded unlimitedly. Osaka attempts to show the hidden connections and how a person relates to many people.

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