Gamelan and Braggart

Hiroaki Kano

2021
0F(18×14㎝)/oil on canvas/2021

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Inspired by the difference in the personalities of two brother cats I started keeping from September 2020, I drew a series of small pieces on the theme of wonders of individuality that can be seen from childhood. This work depicts the delicate and self-denominating nature of the elder brother cat, by layering the graceful ornamentation and melodic imagery of the traditional Indonesian percussion instrument, gamelan.