Showing posts with label 2001. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2001. Show all posts
HITOMI UCHIKURA: MIRRORING THE FUNDAMENTAL LIFE FORCE

HITOMI UCHIKURA: MIRRORING THE FUNDAMENTAL LIFE FORCE

One of Uchikura's "Shining Cells" Nothing is more elemental or common than light. Although taken for granted, it is the li...
THE RAW VISION OF AKIRA KUROSAWA

THE RAW VISION OF AKIRA KUROSAWA

The Fall of the Third Castle - A Hedgehog (Kagemusha) Film director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) is perhaps more famous outside Japan than any...
TARO OKAMOTO: REVISITING HIS ANCESTOR'S ART

TARO OKAMOTO: REVISITING HIS ANCESTOR'S ART

Face Taro Okamoto (1911-96) is perhaps Japan’s most famous post-war artist. With his trademark artistic style, his eccentric, media-fr...
Breaking the Da Vinci Code of Italian Inventiveness

Breaking the Da Vinci Code of Italian Inventiveness

This year, thanks to the cultural promotion campaign "Italy in Japan 2001," we have had ample opportunity to admire Ital...
Takanori Oguiss: the Japanese Utrillo

Takanori Oguiss: the Japanese Utrillo

When I first saw the oil paintings of Paris by the Japanese artist, Takanori Oguiss (1901-1986), I was strangely reminded of the neutron...
Shinsui Ito: An Eye for the Ladies

Shinsui Ito: An Eye for the Ladies

Yubi 1922 Shinsui Ito (1898-1972) was a central figure during Japan's artistic identity crisis in the 20th century. As wave after...
George Segal: Standing Out from the Crowd

George Segal: Standing Out from the Crowd

Art does not exist in a neat little bubble. Contemporary events, like the devastating terrorist attack on America, effect the way we ...