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Morio Nishimura “Oblivion - Six Seeds”
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Morio Nishimura
Born in Tokyo in 1960, Morio Nishimura now resides in Meerbusch, Germany. After graduating from Tama Art University in 1985, he moved to Germany as DAAD student in 1991. Got the Meisterschüler from Günter Ucker at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf in 1995. Under the Japanese government overseas study program for artists, he studied on religion and contemporary art at the department of culture and spiritual history at the art academy in Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz from 1998 to 1999 and stayed there as a lecturer for two and half years. In 2001, received the title of “the artist of Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln 2001-02”.
Nishimuraʼs intention is not to make realistic reproduction of lotus leaves or lotus fruits. They are the symbols of religious activity of human beings. Through taking various religious activities around the world as the motif of his works, he consistently investigates the relation between human beings and the world. Following are his words, “I have no wish to realistically represent or reproduce living lotus leaves. I take it as the motif for my work because it reminds me of the idea of Rin-ne or the metaphysical existence of the universe. I am directly giving forms to them. In other words, my work is the transparent congelation of my idea in the form of lotus leaves.”
On this occasion, installed are new bronze serial sculptures “Oblivion - 6 Seeds” of which motif is lotus seeds and paper works “Kalpa” - actual lotus leaves are inside the hand-made paper. The sculptures were all cast from the original models, made by getting smooth curves by carving angles of pilled plywood boards.
The title “Oblivion (Bo-kyaku in Japanese)” comes from the mixture of two ideas in Nishimuraʼs mind. One is the name of tea house, “Bo-sen”
designed by Enshu Kobori which represents Zen enlightenment. The meaning is to forget everything. The other is the state of ecstasy feeling in heaven when people eat the fruit of lotos in the Greek mythology “Odyssey”. “Kalpa” comes from words by famous Buddhist priest Shuhomyocho, meaning eternity.
*This exhibition is part of Art Week Tokyo.
Nishimuraʼs intention is not to make realistic reproduction of lotus leaves or lotus fruits. They are the symbols of religious activity of human beings. Through taking various religious activities around the world as the motif of his works, he consistently investigates the relation between human beings and the world. Following are his words, “I have no wish to realistically represent or reproduce living lotus leaves. I take it as the motif for my work because it reminds me of the idea of Rin-ne or the metaphysical existence of the universe. I am directly giving forms to them. In other words, my work is the transparent congelation of my idea in the form of lotus leaves.”
On this occasion, installed are new bronze serial sculptures “Oblivion - 6 Seeds” of which motif is lotus seeds and paper works “Kalpa” - actual lotus leaves are inside the hand-made paper. The sculptures were all cast from the original models, made by getting smooth curves by carving angles of pilled plywood boards.
The title “Oblivion (Bo-kyaku in Japanese)” comes from the mixture of two ideas in Nishimuraʼs mind. One is the name of tea house, “Bo-sen”
designed by Enshu Kobori which represents Zen enlightenment. The meaning is to forget everything. The other is the state of ecstasy feeling in heaven when people eat the fruit of lotos in the Greek mythology “Odyssey”. “Kalpa” comes from words by famous Buddhist priest Shuhomyocho, meaning eternity.
*This exhibition is part of Art Week Tokyo.
Schedule | Oct 30 (Sat) 2021-Dec 25 (Sat) 2021 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Taguchi Fine Art http://www.taguchifineart.com/Etop.html  | ||||
| Location | B1F Yamasan Bldg., 2-6-13 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 5 at Shin-Nihombashi Station on the JR Sobu and Yokosuka lines, 5 minute walk from exit A4 at Mitsukoshimae Station on the Ginza and Hanzomon lines, 8 minute walk from exit A5 at Ningyocho Station on the Hibiya or Toei Asakusa line | ||||
| Phone | 03-5652-3660 | ||||
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