Summer Exhibition 2004 Yoshikatsu TamekaneWoodblock, CollagraphJuly 27th, - August 14th, 2004 Gallery Hour |
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Yoshikatsu Tamekane, a Japanese mainstay printmaker, is having his New York debut exhibition at a new most intimate and attractive gallery located in Midtown West Side. The exhibition is entitled: Music, Trip, Life: Poetry of Woodblock Print. Tamekane's woodblock print, through the utilization of relief and intaglio printing, is rich in color, incorporating gold, silver and brass leaf. The Echizen Japanese paper is sometimes printed from the back to let the ink bleed through the surface. Technically, it is beyond what one might expect in printmaking. The image incorporates Japanese decorative traditional boldness with European narrative style. The combination quickly attracts the viewer's eyes. In other words, it expresses one of the essences of Japanese contemporary civilization which attempts to absorb Western culture while retaining its own traditional values. Today, the energy level brewed by the contemporary Japanese printmakers is rarely found elsewhere and they have established their own territory in the international art scene. Tamekane's work was fostered and developed in this environment. However, he traveled in India, Nepal and studied in Paris for a time. This year, he is an Artist in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania with a grant from the Cultural Bureau of the Japanese Government. He is in a true sense a life traveler as a printmaker observing and experiencing along the way, not losing his own direction. I urge you to have a look at his work. |
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■ Yoshikatsu Tamekane Profile 1959 Born in Hyogo, Japan ■ Major Exhibition 1987 The 3rd Seibu Art Museum Print Grand Prize Exhibition (Japan) ■ Solo Exhibition Over 40 times (Tokyo, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Seattle, ■ Public Collections National Library of France (Paris) ■ Major of Japan Artists Association, Japan Prints Association |
