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morio nishimura, "oblivion - six seeds"October 30 - december 25, 2021taguchi fine art, Tokyo |
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Born in Tokyo in 1960, Morio Nishimura now resides in Meerbusch, Germany. After having graduated from Tama Art University in 1985, he moved to Germany as DAAD student in 1991. Got the Meisterschueler from Guenter Ucker at the Art Academy in Duesseldorf in 1995. Under the Japanese government overseas study program for artists, he studied on religion and contemporary art at the department of culture and spiritual history at the art academy in Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz from 1998 to 1999 and stayed there as a lecturer for two and half years. In 2001, received the title of "the artist of Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Koeln 2001-02". Nishimura's intention is not to make realistic reproduction of lotus leaves or lotus fruits. They are the symbols of religious activity of human being. Through taking various religious activities around the world as the motif of his works, he consistently investigates into the relation between human being and the world. Followings are his word, "I have no wish to realistically represent or reproduce living lotus leaves. I take it as the motif for my work because it reminds me the idea of Rin-ne or the metaphysical existence as the universe. I am directly giving forms to them. In other words, my work is the transparent congelation of my idea in the form of lotus leaves." On this occasion, installed are new bronze serial sculptures "Oblivion - 6 Seeds" of which motif is lotus seeds and paper works "Kalpa" - actual lotus leaves are inside the hand-made paper. The sculptures were all cast from the original models, made by getting smooth curve by carving angles of pilled plywood boards. The title "Oblivion (Bo-kyaku in Japanese)" comes from the mixture of two ideas in Nishimura's mind. One is the name of tea house, "Bo-sen" designed by Enshu Kobori which represents Zen enlightenment. The meaning is to forget everything. The other is the state of ecstasy feeling heaven when people eat the fruit of lotos in the Greek mythology "Odyssey". "Kalpa" comes from words by famous Buddhist priest Shuhomyocho, meaning eternity. Please come to take a look. checklist of the installation 1. Oblivion - Six Seeds no.1, 2021 bronze, ed. 2/3 18.5 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm 2. Oblivion - Six Seeds no.2, 2021 bronze, ed. 2/3 17.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm 3. Oblivion - Six Seeds no.3, 2021 bronze, ed. 2/3 16.5 x 9.0 x 9.0 cm 4. Oblivion - Six Seeds no.4, 2021 bronze, ed. 2/3 15.0 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm 5. Oblivion - Six Seeds no.5, 2021 bronze, ed. 2/3 17.0 x 10.0 x 10.0 cm 6. Oblivion - Six Seeds no.6, 2021 bronze, ed. 1/3 17.0 x 7.0 x 7.0 cm 7. Kalpa - KG8, 2009 lotus leaves and paper 67.0 x 30.0 cm 8. Kalpa - KG9, 2009 lotus leaves and paper 67.0 x 30.0 cm 9. Kalpa - KG10, 2009 lotus leaves and paper 67.0 x 30.0 cm 10. Gelber Sand B-1, 2008 bronze, ed. 1/3 30.0 x 21.0 x 21.0 cm |