2005.02.05 - 02.26 opening reception 2.5.Sat.6:00 - 8:00pm
Dramatically approach for start painting, the artist discovers a fictional artist in his mind. Like Impressionism artists did, Kuwakubo imitates them to stands the easel on the beach, binds his painted canvas on his back and performs like vagabond who is selling his paintings. Performing his imaged artists/painters and to declare his intention of the artist which leads him to produce his paintings.
He dressed up as an artist and often uses motif of sea by choice. Without mixing oil but painting just using oil colors to raise them which reminds us the works of Vincent Van Gogh rather than the contemporary art work. Paintings are the target of attack within the contemporary art world, but what is the meaning of this contemporary art? Art itself is supposed to be not categorized anything but as it places disproportionate weight on to this we called "contemporary art-like" which is difficult for someone to understand without language.
In doing art, Kuwakubo said that the only way that he can make the audiences to please is the painting. He brings his imagined scenery and the classical Impressionism technique into his paintings.
For instance, his painting of "War breaks out over sea" arms over from dig holes on the sandy beach and each arm holding up a flower.
Idea of this painting comes from the novel that he wrote-if wars or disasters befall over human beings, what human beings can do is just to hide themselves and dedicating flowers to people who lost their lives in these disasters.
oil on canvas
41.0x41.0cm
(c) Toru Kuwakubo 2004
oil on canvas
80.5 x 100cm
(c) Toru Kuwakubo 2004
oil on canvas
97 x 130.3cm
(c) Toru Kuwakubo 2004
