Miya Ando: Mono no aware : Saint Laurent Rive Droite
“Mono no aware” is a Japanese aesthetic and philosophical concept that recognizes the beauty in particularly transitory things; often illustrated with natural phenomena.
SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE
MIYA ANDO
MONO NO AWARE
EXHIBITION
SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE Los Angeles presents Mono no aware, an exhibition by Miya Ando, a Japanese and American artist based in New York, featuring a selection of her paintings, wood sculptures, and silkscreen prints curated by Anthony Vaccarello from April 8th to May 13th, 2025.
Miya Ando's art explores the dialectic coexistence of Eastern and Western cultures through natural phenomena. She uses various materials, such as steel, wood, glass, and washi paper, to depict the cycles of life and the passage of time. Her works incorporate chemical transformations, often with fire and silver nitrate, creating objects and installations that reflect the ephemeral nature of seasons, the moon, clouds, and stars. Ando often works with redwood, which she carbonizes using the traditional Japanese shou-sugi-ban technique, or applies layers of silver nitrate, an element that freezes time.
Her art is grounded in the Japanese philosophical concept of Mono no aware, which can be loosely translated as an appreciation of transitory or ephemeral things. It evokes a duality between permanence and impermanence, the natural and the artificial, inviting reflection on the passage of time and the fragility of life.
The works will be available for sale at SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE Los Angeles.
SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE is a creative and cultural destination curated by Anthony Vaccarello, located at 213, rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Paris, and extended at 469 Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles.
Named 'RIVE DROITE' as a nod to SAINT LAURENT rive gauche line, that helped to democratize fashion and luxury in the sixties.
SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE introduces a brand new retail destination for expression, exchange, and lifestyle, showcasing a wide range of products including exclusive pieces, limited editions, library, vintage, music, photography combined with art, performances, exhibitions, events, and cultural exchanges. Conceptualized by Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello, the extensive and diversified offer from different creative and design fields, are imagined and embraced in new ways to enlarge the universe and the DNA of Saint Laurent.
