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“Denying God and living in reality is always accompanied by anxiety,” says Japanese painter Hikari Shimoda, whose latest solo show, Questions for Living in the World, runs through Dec.

23, , at Corey Helford Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.

Sparkling and sweet, Questions for Living in the World presents a range of mesmerizing new works from Hikari’s manga-inspired series Whereabouts of God. “I continue to create works using the theme of how we live in this world of sorrow, loneliness, and salvation,” Hikari says of the new work.

“This time, by juxtaposing the themes that I’ve created so far, I would like to create an exhibition that cross-cuts and expresses people living in the present age.”

Hikari’s first exhibition at Corey Helford, Fantastic Planet, Goodbye Man (),introduced her work to the international art scene; since then, she’s become one of the most recognized artists to rise from Japan’s new conte