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mamedenkyu gallery is pleased to present "Aisa: Landscapes in Between," a solo exhibition by Okayama-based artist Mitsuko Ishii, who explores hidden emotions and subtle sense of wonder in everyday life through oil painting.

While Ishii has primarily focused on portraiture in her career, this exhibition marks her first solo show dedicated entirely to landscapes. The title word "Aisa" comes from a dialect used in Kurashiki, Okayama, meaning "in between" or "gap."

This exhibition features oil paintings that capture quiet anomalies embedded in familiar scenery—the subtle threshold between the ordinary and the extraordinary, the lingering tension before or after an event, and the quiet shift in perception caused by changing weather or state of mind. Moving between reality and imagination, Ishii invites viewers to experience a strange yet captivating atmosphere quieted within everyday spaces.