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Kumiko S. Mckee

United States

I was born and grown up in Japan. Now, I'm living in the United States and it has been more than ten years now. I started studying art from high school as a fine art major. After working as a display...

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This painting "Noh Theater Masks: Jealousy" is one of diptych piece of "Japanese Noh Theater Masks: Envy and Jealousy". In the image Jealousy, I used two Noh theater masks called "ko-omote" and "hannya" to express Jealousy; the envy reaches the peak and transforms into jealousy. The force of jealousy overwhelms and destroys the mask ko-omote that still showing smiling with full of confidence.

Through the diptych piece "Envy" and "Jealousy" I wanted to express the emotional conflicts created from the deep, dark side of the human mind.

Medium: Oil Painting on Masonite
Year Created: 2002

Created January 1, 2001
Posted October 4, 2010
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expression, jealousy, mask, painting, symbolism, world culture, Japanese culture, Noh Mask