Description
‘Kitsune’ by Kit Mizeres
Artist: Kit Mizeres
Title: ‘Kitsune’
Medium: Acrylic on Panel
Dimensions: 12” x 12”
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2017
About the Artwork:
“According to traditional Japanese folklore, the fox “though endowed with its own vital, earthly force, is said to long for wisdom and increasing spiritual power as well. To obtain this, it will disguise itself as a woman and seduce young men to absorb their life essence, allowing it to become first human, then immortal, able to pass into higher spheres. Often her victims will be left hysterical and depleted, and it is said that fox-possession is sometimes still a diagnosis in Japan.” Though the Kitsune can be seen as an elusive and powerful symbol of femininity, it is also plays a very major role as a trickster archetype. In fact, just about every culture in the world associates the fox with this both cunning yet deceiving role. I wanted to slightly adjust the role of the feminine presence of the fox in my painting to the role of human nature in general, depicting our endless attempts to deceive and exploit the natural world. Though we may do what we can to change our features or cover our scent with the masks and skins of others, we will always be that deceitful trickster archetype to the rest of the world, and ultimately to ourselves.” – Kit Mizeres
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Kit Mizeres is an artist and illustrator currently living on the road. She is a recent graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design with a BFA in Illustration. She is known for her wildly chaotic and surreal works of art that are heavily inspired by themes of personal folklore and internal struggles in which she translates into visual narratives that often take on a very maximalist and dreamlike approach. She is very content with sleeping in her car and living off of rice and potatoes at this point in time if it means she can continue drawing ridiculous things.