“When I’m painting, I try to get in touch with the way I felt as a child—to get back to my starting point, if you like. Everyone goes through a stage of being totally into drawing and painting when they are small. Children can get completely absorbed in their pictures. I think maybe my pictures help to remind people of how they felt back then.”
— Ayako Rokkaku
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Colours in My Hand, 23 June - 21 August 2011, p. 130 (illustrated) Seoul, Hangaram Art Museum, Dreams in My Hand, 12 December 2023 - 24 March 2024
Literature
Arjen Ribbens, Ayako Rokkaku Works 2006 - 2021, Amsterdam, 2023, p. 90 (illustrated)
signed and dated 'Rokkaku Ayako [in Japanese] 2011' on the reverse; further dated '2011' on the stretcher acrylic on canvas 100 x 140 cm. (39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in.) Painted in 2011.