Minami Kobayashi's Paintings Float Between Intimacy and Mystery

Minami Kobayashi is a Japanese artist best known for paintings that imbue a sense of intimacy with mystery. Based in London, Kobayashi is featuring three new paintings on the David Zwirner-backed PLATFORM.The artist created each work by referencing a distant memory, such as when a butterfly landed on her hand or growing up in the countryside in Japan. In the former, Waiting for the wings to be rested, 2022, Kobayashi recalled trying to extend her hand as a place of welcome for the butterfly but ...