Experience Tokyo, the Japanese capital, in a new light. Excellent food, beautiful landscapes, fantastic art, untouched beaches and the best snow ever. Crazy costumes, love hotels, Mangas, ghosts, pachinko halls, luxury second-hand shopping and so much more. Sarah Hidden’s art works combine the old and the new Tokyo in an abstract, modern way. The image she presents of “her” Tokyo is not only influenced by her personal life and experiences living in a new culture, but also by famous contemporary Japanese artists. The base layers of her décollages are made of acrylic paint, antique Japanese books, pictures, prints, maps and paper found on flea markets in and around Tokyo. The picture of the former Tokyo is created by a combination of famous woodblock prints of artists like Katsushika Hokusai (1760) and others born during the Edo period showing astonishing views of Mount Fuji, breathtaking natural landscapes, ghosts and fantasy creatures. Mixed with Sarah’s version of modern street art, the pictures reveal Japanese modern life and history in a unique and prestigious way.
