Tokuko Shimizu: Textile Posters lenz press Imagine traveling across the Sahara

Imagine traveling across the Sahara in the 1930s by bus with the Trans-Saharan General Transport Company

is a hybrid word that translates literally as ‘those who walk the path together’

Edited by writer Antwaun Sargent (author of The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion)

Tom van den Haspel

and a wedding procession of paintings representing the marriage of heaven and hell

Tokuko Shimizu: Textile Posters lenz press Imagine traveling across the SaharaHaving developed a visual language that is quite her own, Tokuko Shimizus body of work reflects an ongoing interest in art, history, and culture, as well as a conscious commitment to exploring diverse techniques. She works in oil, Japanese painting, illustration, weaving, traditional Japanese dye, and fabric patchwork collage. Tokukos creative path evolved in close proximity to everyday life while raising two children in Tokyo, serving as an escape