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DUBAI: Japan’s Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery is displaying around 1,000 unique creations made by Japanese mothers including handcrafted trinkets like knitted dolls among other items that were carefully selected by curator TSUZUKI Kyoichi, on show until April 10.

💁本日開幕‼
展覧会「#おかんアート村」が本日より開幕しました✨
2000年代初頭から「おかんアート」と呼ばれて密かに注目されてきた、「母」たちのつくる手芸作品の数々、1,000点以上を紹介する展覧会。自由で破壊力抜群のおかんアートの世界をぜひお楽しみください。https://t.co/La0QUpyvAJ

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“One distinctive feature of Mom’s Art, which is created by moms all over Japan, is that, despite the ingenuity and differences in materials and style of each individual piece, there is somehow a commonality about them,” the gallery’s official website states.

The gallery website includes images of some of the pieces including a yarn dog made by GOTO Chieko, as well as a towel dog by KOUSAKA Shitomi, there are also various other animal figurines on display to name a few.

The gallery is popular for displaying work categorized as Art Brut, a term that refers to art that represents unique ideas and means of expression, created by artists who are not educated in the field, according to the gallery’s website.

“Baffling the viewer, destroying stylish spaces with a single blow, overflowing with power and heat, Mom’s Art has a unique destructive force that, of course, does not exist in professional art,” the curator said in a statement on the website.

The gallery will also be displaying another exhibition titled Gesture of Lines from April 23 to June 26.