Koga Miura

The artist does not want to be involved in either the colour choice, the number of lines, or any other elements of the composition to reduce the arbitrariness that arises in the process of shaping an image. He entrusts the selection process to a random number generator, and then strictly follows the instructions. However, he wishes to keep the painting process manual. Consequently, irregularities due to manual work will occur even if following instructions. Factors such as the flow of the brush, the temperature, and even the humidity can have an impact on the painting. The notion of randomness and expectation are derived from dice or cards, as well as from everyday life, where things, even if carefully organized, may not go according to plan due to uncontrolled events.

Even though Koga graduated in oil painting, he chose to use acrylic paints for their lustre and texture because he felt the necessity to fit to his era. The unevenness and slips in the lines of the final work can be seen by looking at the work closely and contrast with the flatness and crispness of the lines on the digital screen, and the artist likes this gap. Koga places equal importance on the creation process and the outcome, which is why he likes to display instructions he followed together with the paintings; those instructions being indeed a part of the final work.

The vibrancy of Koga’s paintings is as much due to their graphic structures as to their luminous colours. His paintings offer a unique opportunity to examine both your assumptions and the unexpected phenomena.