Tokyo

H 145 x W 97 x D 4 cm,Year.2019
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Shimpei Matsuzaki

1981 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Price Range Please Inquire
  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 7

About the Artwork

Some midnight in the rainy day.
Here is a usual town in TOKYO.
That is way home from some party some years ago, but I don't remember well.
Probably I walk alone.
That time I couldn't see clearlry the scenery.
But actually I was able to remember the scenery.
It looked vague, but remained in my depth heart.
Anxiety of ambiguous darkness, serenity, the light of the moon and streetlight, and the impression that something is likely to be ahead of the way.
I expressed it to this work.


As an artist, I have the power to see and feel these thing for myself.
These are most important thing when I make works.
Of course it is important to me too that I use some traditional japanese lacquer technique in expressing.
But I feel unnecessary it when I don't need really it.
As a pure painting, I want you to feel something from this work.

Description

  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Materials
    Gold powder, Silver powder, Lacquer panel , Blue gold powder
  • Dimensions
    H 145 x W 97 x D 4 cm
  • Year of creation
    2019
  • Production period
    3 years
  • Paulownia Box
    Included
  • Artist Signature
    Signed (name of artwork, paulownia box)

Techniques Used

Maki-e

Maki-e (literally “sprinkled pictures”) is a representative lacquerware technique that originated in Japan around 1,200 years ago. Maki-e is done by painting lacquer motifs on the surface of a piece using a fine brush and then sprinkling gold powder onto the lacquer before it hardens, producing luxurious decorations.

Awards received

  • Frontier Artists Contest Exhibition (FACE) 2019
  • Received the Excellence Award and Audience Award
photo Tokyo
Tokyo Shimpei Matsuzaki
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