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aki tsukamoto, "a thing that is flat and swell"september 2 - october 14 , 2023 taguchi fine art, tokyo |
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Aki Tsukamoto was born in Saitama, Japan in 1989. Completed the graduate course of printmaking at Musashino Art University in 2014. While studying in school, he worked for Takashi Murakami at Kaikai-Kiki until he moved to the U.S. in 2016. In New York, he worked as an assistant to Tomokazu Matsuyama while creating and presenting his works his works in galleries there. He returned to Japan in 2020 due to the Corona Disaster and is currently lives and works in Tokyo. Having studied silkscreen technique in graduate school, Tsukamoto was naturally attracted to Pop Art, which is closely related to the technique. During his stay in New York, Tsukamoto became familiar with graphic culture. Through repeated trial and error arrived at his current style "New Cubism," in which he uses compositions taken from modern paintings and cubist techniques to depict popular animation and cartoon characters with vivid colors. By arranging motifs from different contexts with sampling techniques, sometimes in a surrealistic manner, Tsukamoto attempts to create a new and original world that cannot be defined by existing values or words. Tsukamoto has often been discussed in the context of street art and design, focusing only on pop color tones and motifs, but his intensive commitment to oil painting technique, awareness of precise color selection and line drawing, and active involvement in examining art history shall be examined and justified from a fine art perspective and then his works must be highly regarded. Please come to have a look at new painting by Aki Tsukamoto. checklist of the installation 1. Blue Sofa, 2023 oil on canvas 130.3 x 97.0 cm 2. Sky, 2023 oil on canvas 53.0 x 45.5 cm 3. Scallops, 2023 oil on canvas 91.0 x 72.7 cm 4. Guardian, 2023 oil on canvas 91.0 x 72.7 cm 5. Nightmares Come True, 2023 oil on canvas 162.0 x 130.0 cm 6. Doze, 2023 oil on canvas 72.7 x 91.0 cm 7. Wrinkled Blue Hat, 2023 oil on canvas 72.7 x 91.0 cm 8. Theory of Ellsworth Kelly, 2023 oil on canvas 53.0 x 45.5 cm 9. Silver Fence, 2023 oil on canvas 72.7 x 91.0 cm 10. Soft Sculpture #2, 2023 mixed media 75.0 x 36.0 x 48.0 cm unique piece 11. Ugly Sweater, 2023 oil on canvas 65.0 x 53.0 cm 12. Untitled #018, 2023 pastel on paper 30.5 x 22.8 cm 13. Untitled, 2022 pastel on paper 30.5 x 22.8 cm 14. Untitled #019, 2023 pastel on paper 30.5 x 22.8 cm 15. Untitled #020, 2023 pastel on paper 30.5 x 22.8 cm |