Botanical Lessons in Idleness
2019
“What had caught Jack’s attention was how Kanehira had not recorded the names of the flora. In other words, one could say that they had slipped through the categorizing gaze of colonialist museology that had come along with colonial expansion. Jack’s attitude of empathy towards things that have eluded categorization stems from the questioning of his own his identity as someone who creates art while migrating.”
– Meruro Washida
Botanical Lessons in Idleness
Handmade walnut ink and graphite on paper, map, letter, photographs and pair of glasses
2019
Photo by nichido contemporary art
Botanical Lesson in Idleness #4
Handmade walnut ink and graphite on paper
Three 76 x 56 cm
2019
(Handwritten text: Portions of a camphor tree sent from exile in Jakarta by Cornelia to her mother in Hirado with a letter dated from 1639)
Botanical Lesson in Idleness #4
Graphite on paper
One 56 x 28 cm
2019
(Details: Map from Jakarta to Hirado, letter from Cornelia and pair of glasses)
Botanical Lessons in Idleness
Handmade walnut ink and graphite on paper, map, letter, photographs and pair of glasses
2019
Photo by nichido contemporary art