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Kazuhiro Hori’s work depicts the complex emotions buried within an adolescent girl’s inner world. Dolls serve as a central motif to examine the boundary between reality and fabrication, and the pressure on young girls to embody a demure perfection.

Opening reception: Saturday, June 21st, 5 - 8 pm. Drinks will be provided by our friends at Stomping Ground Brewing Co., Fin Wines and Cré Wines.

This exhibition will run from June 22nd - July 13th 2025 and will coincide Liz Gridley's Still Bodies: Dialogues of Deathcare, Izzy Faith V's Soft Gore, Wendy Olsen's Inside the Imaginarium and Ana Luna's Fever Dreams.

Opening reception: Saturday, June 21st, 5 - 8 pm. Drinks will be provided by our friends at Stomping Ground Brewing Co., Fin Wines and Cré Wines.

The girl's surroundings—sweets, stuffed animals, and other charming objects—offer only fleeting comfort and escapism. Among them, the doll stands out as a symbol of unattainable “cuteness,” embodying her ideals and longings while reflecting a deep sense of personal inadequacy. With its flawless appearance and expressionless face, the doll becomes both a metaphor for the blurred line between illusion and reality and a cruel personification of all that is expected of her. The longer one looks at these liminal spaces—filled with sugary treats and soft toys, yet eerily devoid of others—the more they begin to resemble prisons.

By contrasting the real girl with the artificial doll in these lonely, saccharine settings, Hori conveys themes of identity, escapism, and the desire to retreat into fantasy. The girl is trapped in the frustration of never reaching her ideal self, caught between immaturity and internal conflict.

Through vivid colour and tightly controlled composition, Hori captures the fragile emotional state of a figure suspended between dream and reality. This contrast—between bright, innocent exteriors and complex emotional depths reveals the inner turmoil of adolescence and invites viewers to reflect on their relationship with self-image, desire, and identity.

Kazuhiro Hori (b. 1969, Japan) is a contemporary Japanese painter known for his hyperreal, pop-surrealist works that probe the emotional turmoil of adolescence. A graduate of Kanazawa College of Art, Hori creates vivid, unsettling scenes where innocence and anguish collide. Shoujo no Itami (少女の痛み), or “The Pain of the Girl,” is a recurring theme in his practice, encapsulating his exploration of the inner conflicts, desires, and societal pressures faced by young girls. His work has been awarded worldwide, including winning Second Place at the Nagano Winter Olympic Memorial Culture Program in 1999 as well as the Incentive Prize, which he received during Hori’s exhibition in 2014 at the Dokuritsu Exhibition.

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Kazuhiro Hori - 'Swell' - acrylic on canvas

Kazuhiro Hori - 'Artificial Life' - acrylic on canvas

$2,970.00 AUD

Kazuhiro Hori - 'Whisper' - acrylic on canvas

$1,650.00 AUD

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Kazuhiro Hori - 'Fake Fur' - acrylic on canvas

Kazuhiro Hori - 'Imitation' - acrylic on canvas

$4,180.00 AUD

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Kazuhiro Hori - 'Estimation' - acrylic on canvas

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Kazuhiro Hori - 'Contrary' - acrylic on canvas

Kazuhiro Hori - 'Rumor' - acrylic on canvas

$2,640.00 AUD

Kazuhiro Hori - 'Fake Sweets' - acrylic on canvas

$4,840.00 AUD

Kazuhiro Hori - 'Mirror, Mirror' - acrylic on canvas

$3,520.00 AUD

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