Mimi Kato: Ordinary Sagas Exhibit

Mimi Kato's Ordinary Sagas is currently on exhibit at the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina.

Her photomontage work depicts ordinary life scenes in a fantastic, humorous way. One of the unique aspects of this work is that all the ladies are Kato herself dressed in various costumes, photographed, then inserted into the work.

I cropped some of the piece here so it is easier to see the details.

Wild Corporation: Executive Lounge

Wild Corporation: Daily Operation

If you have had any sort of job with co-workers, bosses, etc. you will probably relate to some of the scenes in the Wild Corporation series.

Wild Corporation: Risk Management

Wild Corporation: First Orientation

Wild Corporation: Strategies for Conflict Resolution

Landscape Retreat: High Noon

Landscape Retreat: Breezy Afternoon

My favorite is a multi panel piece titled One Ordinary Day of an Ordinary Town. 

It is a take on the 17th century multi panel painting "Scenes in and Around the Capital", of Kyoto as well as its suburbs.

Kato's amusing work does not stop there. How about fashion composed of office supplies?

Why not, right?

Such a whimsical exhibit this is. Life can be so serious and I really love Kato's take on the challenging aspects of it. If we can laugh at it, it becomes a little bit easier!

I hope you had some laughs with this one.

If you go, this exhibit is running through September 8, 2019.

Museum is open daily 10am - 5pm (closed Mondays). I recommend going during the Soda City Market on Saturdays when museum admission is only $5.

1515 Main Street
Columbia, SC
  
Thank you for stopping by! ~Val