An Interview with Izumi Kato

“Izumi Kato”, the first large-scale solo exhibition of Japanese artist Izumi Kato, was convened at Red Brick Art Museum from August 25 to October 14. Japanese artist Izumi Kato was born and brought up in the coastal Shimane in southwestern Japan. It is one of the figureheads of Japanese ancient culture. He grew up surrounded by profuse worship of elves. As a primitive religion in Japan, Shintoism falls to pan-spirit polytheism that holds all animals and plants in nature as divines.