Sato has been staying in Croatia for several years and is drawing inspiration for her new cycle from the museum's permanent display. She has opted for the first time in her work for drawing on silk as an elementary, natural tool of artistic thought and expression.
The result of her work will be a series of ambient drawings which, when hung in the exhibition halls, will create spatial compositions revealing new relations between the museum's objects.
"Choosing figural motives, mainly human and animal characters in different variations, from mythological or sacral heroes and allegories to civic portraits, commemorative busts and decorative figurines, Akiko is sketching the silent inhabitants of the museum's collections, looking at them as symbolic representatives of strong feelings and psychological meanings," the museum said on Monday.
Sato's exhibition is part of the "Contemporary Artists on Permanent Display" cycle and will be open until March 31.