Kimiko Yoshida is a Japanese artist who is in love with Venice. Her giant self-portraits, created with prints on matte canvases, revolve around female identity and the transformative power of art, playing with clothing and painterly interventions, even on the skin. Using an ancient Japanese technique of lacquer mixed with gold or silver powder, called urushi-e, often applied directly, Kimiko Yoshida creates photographs that transcend the limits of the medium, going beyond the object of representation to become timeless icons.
