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Brazilian Woodcut Folk Print Exhibition
Tsubame Studio
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Jose Francisco Borges
Nowadays in Brazil, the popularity of woodcut folk prints as a popular art knows no bounds. All Those works are traditional but at the same time are progressive forms of popular art in the “north east part of Brazil” which is called “Nordeste”.
Here comes Mestre Jose Francisco Borges (born in 1935) and his 9 sons works. (he has 18 children and 9 became woodcutters ) They are cores of traditional woodcut culture in Nordeste, living in Bezerros Pernambuco, 2 hours driving from Recife the capital city, running their ateliê “Memorial J Borges” and producing woodcuts night and day.
Woodcut print is born as a development of chapbooks (Folkbooks) about 120 years ago. Nordeste used to be an area where there was no economy, no law, and no politics. Rulers and bandits were wielding power at that time. Therefore people living in this Drought Zone (Sertão) used to be poor from born to die.
Look at the way they express the SUN. It looks like a pointed sword and is expressed as a cruel wild beast. ‘Retirantes’ (Run away) is a symbolic motif of their work. people abandoned their land and moved to somewhere else because of droughts.
Although Brazil and Japan are located on the other side of the globe each other, we have been tied with an inseparable fate since 1908, at the time first Japanese immigrants over the sea to Brazil.
Here comes Mestre Jose Francisco Borges (born in 1935) and his 9 sons works. (he has 18 children and 9 became woodcutters ) They are cores of traditional woodcut culture in Nordeste, living in Bezerros Pernambuco, 2 hours driving from Recife the capital city, running their ateliê “Memorial J Borges” and producing woodcuts night and day.
Woodcut print is born as a development of chapbooks (Folkbooks) about 120 years ago. Nordeste used to be an area where there was no economy, no law, and no politics. Rulers and bandits were wielding power at that time. Therefore people living in this Drought Zone (Sertão) used to be poor from born to die.
Look at the way they express the SUN. It looks like a pointed sword and is expressed as a cruel wild beast. ‘Retirantes’ (Run away) is a symbolic motif of their work. people abandoned their land and moved to somewhere else because of droughts.
Although Brazil and Japan are located on the other side of the globe each other, we have been tied with an inseparable fate since 1908, at the time first Japanese immigrants over the sea to Brazil.
Schedule | Apr 17 (Wed) 2024-Apr 21 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Venue | Tsubame Studio https://www.instagram.com/tsubamestudio_3f/  | ||
| Location | 3F Ikawa Bldg., 13-2 Nihombashi-Kodenmacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0001 | ||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 1 at Kodemmacho Station on the Hibiya line, 4 minute walk from exit 1 at Bakurocho Station on the JR Sobu line, 5 minute walk from exit A2 at Bakuro-yokoyama Station on the Toei Shinjuku line. | ||
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