Nakajima Hiroyuki SHO Japanese Modern Art Calligraphy Dream Acrylic on Canvas

Description: Nakajima Hiroyuki SHO Japanese Modern Art Calligraphy Dream Acrylic on Canvas Being a traditional Japanese calligrapher, Nakajima has followed a new path. Instead of founding a school he expresses himself as a modern artist. Using centuries old means of imagery he creates cutting edge abstracts, frozen as moments in time yet full of life and subtle sentiment. Nakajima has won great acclaim since he started exhibiting his works in Rome in 2000. Since then, his mastery of the brush has propelled him into an international career with significant exhibitions in Europe and the USA. Title: Dream Media: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 48 in. x 36 in. Notations on verso by artist: “Dream 06112 Nakajima” Notes: This piece was completed in December at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami during Art Basel 2006. This evening marked Nakajima's third USA performance where he completed three 48 in. x 36 in. pieces. This is one of those pieces. The last image above captures the moment of creation for this particular piece. Nakajima Hiroyuki Profile Nakajima was born in Chiba, Japan. He began his training in shodo at the age of 6 and would continue his studies through his post-graduate years at Chiba University where he received a degree in Architectonics (Industrial Engineering). While in his twenties, Nakajima began training in Tai Chi. By the time Nakajima was in his thirties he had already started to develop his own style of contemporary Japanese calligraphy and became a professional artist. Nakajima exhibited his work for the first time in 2000 at a private exhibition in Rome. The pieces selected for this exhibition consisted mostly of Japanese calligraphy that were recognized as abstract art which depicted Japanese characters as their theme. Shortly after his exhibition in Rome, Nakajima introduced the movements of Tai Chi into his art, intending to demonstrate the process of creating the art by means of a performance. Most of his performances begin with Nakajima standing in a meditative state over a blank canvas, and then when inspired uses one sharp stroke of the brush to create the abstract form of nature: moon, soil, mountain. Nakajima has explained that the one stroke of a brush is carried out with a single, condensed thought to bring about the forms and lines of a moment in time. Nakajima has said, “Every work of “Sho” is created in one continuous motion, and therefore cannot be repeated or re-written. The power of “Sho” lies in this feature of non-recurrence. Even if you draw the same letter ten times, ten different forms will arise spontaneously.” Since then, Nakajima has held exhibitions and live performances throughout Europe, Japan and the United States. In 2006 he was invited to participate in the 60th Festival d’Avignon in France, and in the 2006 Art Basel Miami Beach Show (the American sister event of Art Basel in Switzerland), where he debuted in the United States. Nakajima currently has studios in Chiba, Japan and in Milan, Italy.

Price: 3500 USD

Location: Miami, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-05T00:12:50.000Z

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