Kitani Chigusa


Her paintings often transcend the depiction of individual figures, capturing a cinematic allure as if portraying scenes from a silent film.*


*translated from a review of the exhibition “Osaka in the Eyes of Women Painters - The Definitive Exhibition" (決定版! 女性画家たちの大阪) by Miki Manabu 三木学, appearing on the website of the International Association of Art Critics, Japan Section https://critique.aicajapan.com/2582 [accessed 5-10-24]