{"product_id":"akira-kurosaki-camouflaged-world-1","title":"Akira Kurosaki - 迷彩譜1 (Camouflaged World 1)","description":"\u003ch6 data-end=\"363\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eModern | S\u003cspan\u003eōsaku Hanga\u003c\/span\u003e Woodblock Print\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"363\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fabulous print by Akira Kurosaki: 迷彩譜1 (Camouflaged World 1). A large abstract organic form (brain!?) dominates the centre of the image, built from alternating bands of green, blue and yellow and surrounded by circles, triangles, flowing lines and fractured geometric shapes. Kurosaki sets these vivid forms against a beautiful grey-green field shimmering in mica-like pigment\/metallic sheen, adding further depth to the layered, three-dimensional space. A deep black-and-red border contains the composition, creating the characteristic red-and-black world that runs through much of Kurosaki’s work. A major large-scale work from Kurosaki’s 1977 Camouflaged World series, it brings together bold colour, geometry and organic form.🟢🔺\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"453\" data-start=\"367\"\u003eYear \u0026amp; Edition: 1977 · Ed. of 50 (29\/50) (signed \u0026amp; titled in pencil to plate).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"486\" data-start=\"456\"\u003eMedium: Woodblock. 9\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e blocks, 13 colours - p\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003erinted on Echizen Torinoko paper*.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"573\" data-start=\"489\"\u003eDimensions: Sheet approx H: 89.25 cm × W: 62.00 cm (Image H: 80.00 cm × W: 55.00 cm).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"698\" data-start=\"576\"\u003eCondition: Spectacular piece, no visible marks or blemishes. General surface handling to margins. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"845\" data-start=\"701\"\u003eNotes: An impression of Camouflaged World 1 is held by the Fukuoka Art Museum, while other works from the series are represented in major Japanese museum collections. *Artist watermark to margins. \u003cem\u003eRaisonné No. 248, (W233). 黒崎彰の全仕事 (The Complete Works of Akira Kurosaki: Catalogue Raisonné 1965-2006).\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAkira Kurosaki (1937-2019) was a pioneering mokuhanga artist who fused traditional Japanese woodblock techniques with bold abstraction and surreal landscapes, rendered in his signature deep reds, purples and blacks. A graduate of the Kyoto Institute of Technology and devoted to the sōsaku hanga ethos - overseeing every stage of production himself - he earned the Florence Biennale Gold Prize and Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure. From 1987 he taught and led the Printmaking Department at Kyoto Seika University, mentoring a generation of printmakers; his work is held by the British Museum, MoMA and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. \u003ca title=\"黒崎彰 Akira Kurosaki (1937-2019)\" href=\"https:\/\/xm7kjz-qq.myshopify.com\/collections\/akira-kurosaki\"\u003e[ ← View All Works by Akira Kurosaki]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kumo Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58705066918232,"sku":null,"price":620.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/6745\/8648\/files\/AkiraKurosaki-CamouflagedWorld1Thmb.jpg?v=1793437229","url":"https:\/\/www.kumoarts.com\/products\/akira-kurosaki-camouflaged-world-1","provider":"Kumo Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}