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yoshinobu nakagawa, "early works"may 23 - june 20, 2015taguchi fine art, tokyo |
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Born in Osaka in 1964, Yoshinobu Nakagawa now resides in Shiga prefecture. Ever since his first one-person show in 1987, the year he graduated from Osaka University of Art, Nakagawa's motif has been consistently relationship between plants (nature) and human being (farmer), namely, agriculture and cultivation, that is a fundamental activity to us. or structure of plants. For Nakagawa, relation between artist and art works resembles that between farmer and plants. He puts pigment on canvas as famers sow plant seeds on the earth. He works on materials as farmers cultivate the field. His artisanship, which freely controls every kind of materials and the poetic emotions sprung from the naive form of his work, has attracted many people. And his works are housed in many museum collections as the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo or Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama and in many company collections as Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Tokyo. On this occasion, installed are his works in early 1990's, from the cycle of "Views of Seeds, Eyes of Farmers" exhibited in one person shows at Nob Gallery in Okazaki and Shiseido Gallery in Tokyo (1995). Most of them were in private collection until now. From June 27th through July 25th, we will have an exhibition of his new works. checklist of the installation 1. Monogram - Gramineae (Poaceae), 1995 reclaimed paper, cotton, acrylic, cowhide, colors, string 95.0 x 27.5 x 41.5 cm 2. Requiem, 1990 acrylic, dye, pigment, colors, charcoal, string, beeswax, reclaimed paper 95 x 121 x 17 cm 3. The Sower - Left, 1994 wood, cotton, acrylic, cowhide, reclaimed paper, beeswax, string 190.5 x 26 x 24 cm 4. Seed on the table 94008, 1994 oil on canvas, soot, tracing paper, beeswax 17 x 14 cm 5. Seed on the table 96007, 1996 oil on canvas, soot, tracing paper, beeswax 17 x 14 cm 6. Sowing Machine, 1993 wood, aluminum, cowhide, string, beeswax 178 x 44 x 44 cm 7. Offering, 1989 reclaimed paper, acrylic, dye, charcoal, pastel 35 x 30 x 31 cm 8. FarmerŐs pot, 1993 terra-cotta, cowhide, beeswax, wood, stone 148 x 23 x 20 cm 9. Ridges on the table, 1993 reclaimed paper, encaustic, colors, string 32 x 27 x11 cm |