Nozomi Hasegawa

Lives and works in Brunswick, Germany

Artist statement

In my work, I explore the indifference people often show toward everyday objects that exist on the margins of modern urban life. Pushed to the periphery, these objects receive little attention, leading to vague and incomplete perceptions of their presence and significance. We often perceive objects at the edge of our field of vision only fleetingly and incompletely. Our brain fills in these visual gaps using memory, imagination, and stereotypes, constructing a subjective reality. My work captures these fragmented impressions and can be understood as a simulation of visual perception processes. I believe that the incompleteness of our perception of objects on the periphery of our vision also applies to social relationships and how we perceive people on the margins of society. My artistic practice primarily focuses on painting. I often use smartphone photos and 3D scans of flowers and landscapes as sources of inspiration and starting materials. This process often produces images that are ambiguous and fragmented. I interpret these as simulations of how we perceive things under various constraints, and I use them as references in the development of my work. By utilizing the blurriness and incompleteness of such images and translating them into oil paintings, I make visual impressions from the human subconscious visible on the canvas. The subjects of my work are often drawn from the things around me—natural elements like flowers, grass, and landscapes, as well as still life...

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