Ryoko Furukawa's paintings attempt to explore a sense of uncertainty and insecurity, using bizarre and surreal visual imagery to reinterpret the meaning of words. The title of this solo exhibition, "Seeing Absurd Picture," stems from the artist's fascination with unfamiliar languages. The artist cuts and reshapes Chinese words into whimsical creative titles, transforming familiar meanings into dreamlike scenarios.

Furukawa’s work is inspired by the random collage techniques of Dadaism and the narrative style of William S. Burroughs’ novels, challenging the conventional practice of titling a work after its completion and deconstructing the hierarchical relationship between the image and its title. Whether it’s a meaningful scene paired with a humorous title, or a humorous work matched with a serious title, the artist aims to explore the relationship between images and language through this sense of mismatch, like chopping up and splicing language on a cutting board and boiling it in a large pot to generate new works.

The exhibition "Seeing Absurd Picture" does not offer viewers a definitive understanding but invites them into a deliberately crafted spatial imagery, imbued with a leisurely, mysterious atmosphere that cannot be easily articulated. In this exhibition, the comical and the serious coexist, the obvious intertwines with the incomprehensible, and the audience is drawn into a visual space that defies conventional perception.