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Romisa
Sakaki
The
works
of
Romisa
Sakaki
are
built
around
the
concept
of
alienation
weaving
themes
of
anxiety,
insecurity
and
liminality.
The
paintings
are
autonomous,
self-governing,
and
not
geographically
or
regionally
limited,
but
subsisting
in
an
imagined
place.
The
artist
raises
questions
of
human
existence,
virtual,
concrete
or
imagined.
Sakaki
goes
beyond
the
physical
and
into
the
psychological
and
social
realm
of
group
interactions.
She
is
said
to
look
“doubtfully
at
the
people
who
are
having
a
good
time
together,”
judging
the
sincerity
in
their
relations.
She
expresses
this
through
her
imagery,
i.e.
sunglasses
- in
sunlight
they
are
an
everyday
accessory,
but
her
repetition
of
the
image
suggests
the
element
depicts
separation.
The
signs
and
signifiers
in
Romisa
Sakaki’s
paintings
are
universal
and
focus
on
duality,
where
images
have
two-sided
meanings.
Her
use
of
diverse
colors
and
a
vibrant
palette
in a
flat,
or
single-layered,
painting
style
is
indicative
of a
shattered
or
collapsed
moment,
when
one
would
experience
isolation.
While
the
theme
of
alienation
in
her
work
can
thought
of
as
difficult,
much
like
the
experience,
her
style
can
be
celebrated
as a
return
to
painterly
painting.
Amirhossein
Bayani
June
2014
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