Untitled (DIG Shibuya, 2024)

Medium: Mixed media on poster board (ink, acrylic wash, marker)
Dimensions: 110 × 80 cm
Year: 2024

Created live at DIG Shibuya at Spotify-O East, this work captures kuua’s signature tension between innocence and violence, beauty and unease. A lace-clad girl stares outward with glowing eyes, holding a blood-stained blade in a moment that feels both confrontational and intimate. The soft pink palette and delicate fashion details contrast sharply with the darker motifs—an approach that defines kuua’s exploration of emotional duality. 

Rendered in layered grayscale tones with selective bursts of vivid color, the piece emphasizes expression over realism. The rawness of the live painting process remains visible in the linework and texture, giving the work an immediacy that mirrors the psychological intensity of the subject.

Like much of kuua’s work, the piece reflects a deeply personal process—drawing from darker emotional states to construct an imagined identity. Fashion, here, becomes both armor and aspiration, framing a character that embodies vulnerability, control, and self-invention all at once.

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