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Sakurai Michiko's method of naming her works-Water

similarity to the internal dynam ism and stiff semi-trans-(no.17) and Death and Resurrection (no .16)-using

Tree

antithe-tical terms is extremely interesting . Water is a fluid ; trees,parency of metamorphic rock consisting of fluctuating matter that has been compressed deep in the earth.

solids that are living and changes forms . Death and its

One aspect that stands out in Sakurai's recent works

opposite, resurrection. Moreover, death is a basic premiseis the fact that the paintings have the form of an oval. By

in resurrection . A cosmic theory and a theory of life in whichbeing equally correlated with the swirls of paint, the ovalsomething arises from inorganic chaos are lightly implied byframe is one element that determines the nature of the figu-

the word pairings. Sakurai probably extracted the words

rative space in the work . It is not an outer frame bestowed

from the paintings she had produced, after a lengthy dia-on the painting as a vessel, or receptacle , for images. As

logue with the works. Together with the details of selfdis-a result of the dual focal centers, the paintings possess ancovery regarding her own paintings , the paintings form a

expanse of relativized space as well as continuity with thesetting in which a cosmic theory and a theory of life become

infinite space that lies beyond the painting. At the sameone. This fact is clearly expressed by the two titles .

time , order in the midst of chaos can be felt as a result of

The fluid marks of the acrylic paint covering the actual

the simple, provisional centripetal divisions. Leaving aside

surface may be likened to the phenomenon of thermody-

the fact that, unlike rectangles , ovals are not governed

namics. A feeling of tension and an undulating rhythm

much by a sense of gravity in a fixed direction, that seems

resulting from the battle between amorphous whir~ng colors

to be the chief reason for using an oval frame. The fluid

rather than uniform states or solid condensed shapes gene-field of creation is suddenly transformed into a geometric ,rates a space that is suffused with energy and has a tem-

intellectual space .

poral aspect. In appearance, it closely resembles speckles

Biography

1961
1985

Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Graduated from Musashino Art University, Departmentof Painting, Tokyo

Solo Exhibitions

1989
1991
1992
1993

Gallery Q, Tokyo
Gallery K, Tokyo
Gallery a,M, Tokyo
Gallery KOCHI, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

1986

1987

1991
1992

22nd KanagawaArt Exhibition, Kanagawa Prefectural
Hall Gallery, Yokohama
12th Kanagawa International Exhibition of Prints,
Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Yokohama
13th Kanagawa International Exhibition of Prints,
Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Yokohama
3rd International Works on Paper '87, Osaka
Contemporary Art Center, Osaka
4th Holbein Acrylart Exhibition, Meguro Art Museum,Tokyo
1st TRANSART.ANNUAL-Painting / Crossing,
YokohamaGaleria, Yokohama

Address : 184-22 Nakano , Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture , 243-04 Japan

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List of Works

No. Artist
Chen KeZhan

Title

Year

Medium/Technique

Dimension

Untitled II1990

Chinese ink, mineral colors on rice paper

139 x 69
185 x 95

7Page

2Chen KeZhan

Rock Study

1990

Chinese ink, mineral colors on rice paper

3

Chen KeZhan

Untitled1991

Chinese ink, mineral colors on rice paper

242 x 123

64Chen KeZhan

Rock Study I1992

Chinese ink, mineral colors on rice paper

247 x 6175Chen KeZhan

Untitled 1993 II1993

Chinese ink, mineral colors on rice paper

69 x 48

6Chen KeZhan

Lotus Pond

1993

Chinese ink, mineral colors on rice paper

17 x 246

7 Tang Mun Kit

Improvisation : On Nature

1990

watercolor sticks , acrylic , enamel , pastel
on masonite board

68 x 48

8 Tang Mun Kit

Improvisation: Abstract '90 #1

1990

watercolor sticks , acrylic , emulsion , wood dye,pastel on canvas

48 x 68

9 Tang Mun,Kit

Improvisation : Abstract '90 #2

1990

watercolor sticks , acrylic , emulsion , wood dye,pastel on masonite board

122 x 122

10 Tang Mun Kit

Improvisation: Bird in Captivity
in a Rage

1991

oil , enamel , acrylic , wood dye on canvas

122 x 122

11 Tang Mun Kit

Improvisation : The Flower Eater

1991

oil, enamel , acrylic , emulsion on masonite board

122 x 122

12 Tang Mun Kit

Improvisation: The Racing Rat

1991

enamel, acrylic, dye, spray paint on canvas

122.5 x 173

13 Tang Mun Kit

Improvisation: Abstract '93 #1

1993acrylic , emulsion , wood dye on masonite board

122 x 122

1114 Maruyama Naofumi

OHL

1991-92

acrylic on canvas

230 x 230

1515 Maruyama Naofumi

Untitled

1993

acrylic on canvas

162 x 1301416 Sakurai Michiko

Death and Resurrection

1993

acrylic on canvas

182 x 273

1917 Sakurai Michiko

Water Tree

1993

acrylic on canvas

182 x 273

1918 Sakurai Michiko

Vast Shimmering Water

1993

acrylic on canvas

169 x 254

18111023§ ~ / Contents

p.4 Shifting Viewpoints - NAKAMURA Hideki

p.6il1]/t&/Plates:f-:,:;.,--7,:;-1';.,/CHEN KeZhan:9;.,.1,.;.,;\'-·,r/TANG Mun Kit
JLL!Jil)t/MARUYAMANaofumi

lt:IHJ1,f/'f/SAKURAI

Michiko

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