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Akira Yamaguchi has long been working with the juxtaposition of different historical eras in his expertly-crafted and finely-detailed ink on paper drawings and acrylic and oil on canvas paintings. There is a real sophistication to his process -- the artist does not simply drop a salaryman into a Tokugawa pastoral scene, rather he seamlessly integrates different and disparate period moods, clues, and symbols, and does this so cleverly that it is often not apparent until one closely inspects the pictures. Yamaguchi also fuses different artistic styles in his drawings -- we see the lack of perspective characteristic of early Yamato-e paintings; and we also see treatments in the style of contemporary media such as manga, and the virtual imagery found in anime and video games. Yamaguchi says his work is meant to be humorous, but also aims to criticize the wholesale embracing of Western ideas that took place during the Meiji Era, to the detriment of traditional Japanese culture.


Dates

1969 Born in Tokyo


Education

1996 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, MA in oil painting

1994 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, BA in oil painting


Recent Exhibitions

2013

"Yamaguchi Akira", Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma

"Yamaguchi Akira", Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata

"Yamaguchi Akira", Sogo Museum of Art, Kanagawa


2012

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, I am Yamaguchi Akira.", Museum "Eki" Kyoto, Kyoto

"TOKIORE(I)MIX", Maison Hermes 8F Le Forum, Tokyo (-May 13)


2011

"TOKAIDO LANDSCAPES, The Path from Hiroshige to Contemporary Artists", The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka

"SINGA-PLANET", Japan Creative Center, Singapore

"City Strollers", Fukuoka Mitsukoshi Gallery, Fukuoka


2010

"Tokyo Strollers", Ginza Mitsukoshi Exhibition Hall, Tokyo

"Inochimaru", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo


2014-05-26 17:37 GMT+09:00 Chen Jiang :

Tenmyouya Hisashi


Born in Tokyo, in 1966 February, Tenmyouya Hisashi is a Japanese contemporary artist.


He supposed his unique Japanese painting "Neo Nihonga" which revives Japanese traditional paintings as a contemporary art. In 2000 he also created his new style "Butouha" which shows the resistant attitude for authoritative art system through his paintings. In 2010 he proposed a new Japanese art scheme named "BASARA" which is extravagant and extraordinary and embodies a Samurai aesthetic like "Basara" in Nanboku dynasty era and "Kabuki-mono" in the end of Sengoku era.


Some of the major Solo Exhibitions he has participated in include the 2009 " FURYU - EXTRAVAGANT " at Mizuma Art Gallery(Tokyo, Japan), the 2012" Rhyme " at Mizuma Art Gallery(Tokyo, Japan). Some of the major Awards he has participated in include the 1990 "11th Japan Graphic Exhibition "Winning judge Prize, the 2003 " 6th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art "Winning excellent prize.