photos by Kayoko Ogawa

絵を描いてください | Paint for Me! by Tomoko Hisamatsu
2023, communicative performance and workshop using drawing ( acrylic and collage on paper, etc), 8.5 x 11 in (216×279 mm) each drawing

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“Paint for Me!” is a communicative performance + workshop by artist Tomoko Hisamatsu that investigates strategies for the distribution of artwork without the transactional use of money. The artist displays her drawings and art materials and invite the public to interact with these items. At the same time the public is encouraged to make their own art works, resulting in a bartering process between both parties. There are rules however to follow, such as no signature and no title allowed on the artworks, to highlight how value and equality are at play and can possibly be re-negotiated.

Several iterations of “Paint for Me!” have been held by the artist in New York City both indoors and outdoors, including NADA Flea, in the Chelsea district during New York Art Week in 2023, and outside KODA/RU House in  Governors Island.