Ulala Imai

XYZ collective, Tokyo

XYZ collective

An installation view of the corner of a gallery. The walls are white. Above two light switches hangs a small painting of a piece of toast on a plate with a square of butter. On our right a larger, horizontally oriented painting of a snoopy like dog sitting on what might be a baby changing table.

A broader installation view of a gallery kitchen. A stainless steel sink sits in the center of an empty white counter in the foreground. On the walls around the sink four small paintings are hung. To our left a small painting of a piece of toast, then a painting of a snoopy like dog or stuffed animal, thirdly a half eaten banana drooping partly off of a table, and lastly a painting of a plate with halved kiwis and peaches.

Two paintings hung on a white wall. On our left a horizontally oriented painting of a snoopy stuffed animal sitting on a baby's changing table. The figure is wearing a white shirt with "love love" written across and a sand colored coat falling open. On our right, a painting depicts the corner of a table with a white table cloth with green and yellow patches in a pattern. A small glossy black plate sits close to the edge of the table and half an eaten banana rests on the plate, peel falling over the edge of the table.

An installation view of a small kitchen in a gallery. This image is angled slightly more to see on our right. White cabinets edge the far right of the image. Three paintings hang to the left of the cabinets. First, a small painting of a plate of fruit, then a painting of the corner of a table with half of a banana on a plate, lastly a stuffed snoopy dog on a baby's changing table.

Another installation image in the gallery kitchen, this one tighter and showing only the sink fixtures and the wall above hung with three paintings. On our left the painting of snoopy on a changing table, then a painting of half a banana dropping over the edge of a table, and lastly a small painting of a plate of fruit.

An installation view of the corner of the kitchen and office. Below white cabinets a printer sits on a white counter wedged between books and the wall's corner. To the right of the printer a vertically oriented painting hangs on the wall. The painting shows a group of characters against a wood wall. There is a gingerbread man waving, a small doll with red hair, a pelican doll, a toucan doll, a giraffe, a larger alien doll and another folk toy or figure. They are tightly clustered as if for a group portrait.

A still life painting of a piece of toast on a white plate. The background of the painting is made of grey and white diagonal stripes, inferring a tablecloth. A plate throws a slight shadow on the table cloth. On the plate an unusually thick slice of bread, it appears to be milk bread, is golden and toasted. The toast throws a shadow on the plate. A square pat of butter sits in the middle of the bread and throws its own small shadow on the toast. The paint is applied rather smoothly and when zooming in, the texture of the canvas is still visible.

A pale painting of a snoopy stuffed dog on a baby's changing table. A white changing table has been folded down from a white wall. Snoopy is seated on the table and centered in the painting. He is wearing a t shirt that says 'love love' across the chest. A tan jacket falls open around his body. The paint is applied smoothly and thinly, the texture of the canvas is still apparent after zooming in.

A horizontally oriented painting depicting the corner of a table covered with a white, green and yellow table cloth. The edge of a planter and a tiny portion of floor appear in the right corner of the picture. A glossy black plate sits right at the edge of the table. Half of a banana is on the plate with the peel falling over the edge of the table.

A small still life painting of a white plate against a black background. The plate is decorated with a leaf and berry pattern. The plate looks to be ceramic and so inferring that the design was glazed with the pattern, a white plate with a black pattern of leaves and flowers and berries. In the center of the plate, two halves of a kiwi are arranged with three halves of peaches.

A vertically oriented painting on a white wall. To our right is the edge of an open, dark doorway. The painting depicts a group of dolls and stuffed animals against a wood wall or cabinet. The ground surface is light and might have some kind of mosaic pattern. In the front row is a small yellow beaked bird doll, then a red haired child at a desk, a gingerbread man waving, another folk doll, and behind it a giraffe, a large open mouthed toucan and a large sloth or alien doll. The characters seem arranged like a group portrait. The colors are bright and varied with mostly yellows, whites, grays, reds and browns.

A still life painting of an avocado sliced in half and open on a white plate. The half nearest us contains the pit and above it on the plate is the half without the pit. The avocado is painted a luminous pale green with brighter green at its edge. The plate has a slight shadow from the avocado and the plate sits on a checkered brown and white tablecloth which also is slightly shaded from the plate.

Ulala ImaiDoskoi KitchenXYZ collective, Tokyo

Exhibition Images

Ulala ImaiDoskoi Kitchen
XYZ collective, Tokyo