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PCN Art Brut Series No. 29, Artwork Description

What can this be? Is it a close-up of a tree with some mysterious bark? A topography made by pasta of various shapes, scattered on a flat surface? Or simply an abstract painting consisting mainly of line drawings? The answer is unknown. However, a Japanese-speaking person would notice a hiragana letter “mi(み)” painted in red in the upper right half of the painting. From there, you will also notice a few more of such shapes that appear to be letters among the various shapes that have accumulated. The shapes protruding from the margins would be clearly attractive even to those to whom Japanese letters are foreign: if you see peninsulas in them, the piece will appear stationary; if they represent branches, you will feel them waving in the wind. The processing of the edges of the piece should not be overlooked. The density of the shapes there is lower than in other areas, and straight lines dictate the basic tone of the image. Exercise your imagination and this work could represent a kind of knitting, with the edges still to be woven. Also, there might be additional shapes that can be recognized as letters in the intricate areas other than the edges—the finished letters might be tilted or buried, you might have to look at them from another angle, or you might need an opportunity to see the art piece during the process of creation. This piece prompts us to imagine what it would look like if seen from a different perspective, in spite of being drawn on a flat surface. In that sense, this can be described as both motion picture-like and sculptural. The artist, Shinjo, was born in 1990. She has autistic tendencies and moderate intellectual disability. As a child, she showed a strong interest in numbers on calendars, price tags, and signboards. When she saw a number, she would sometimes approach it and stop moving, so her parents began to avoid placing numbers around her. Later, Shinjo’s interest turned to letters, especially those surrounded by circles, and from around the age of 10, she began to create works based on numbers and letters. Her work is done on a daily basis while lying on her bed at home.