Kazuyuki Tsujimoto
Kazuyuki Tsujimoto (A.K.A. Kuri Tsujimoto)
1937-1997
1937 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1953 Won first prize at Mainichi Newspaper Student Art Contest
1960 Graduated from Keio University, majored in art history. (Thesis on Leonardo da Vinci)
1960-1964 Joined the newly founded Kamakura Modern Art Museum as curator.
1964 Moved to Rome, Italy and had lived there for his lifetime with family.
1968 Won premier prize at Acireale International Art Festival, Sicilia
1969 Won premier prize at Corciano Exhibition, Umbria
1970 Won premier prize at International Concours for Design of Ceramics, Napoli
1970 Invited as an artist in residence to the Museum of Idrija, Slovenia
Since 1968, Tsujimoto presented numerous one-man shows as well as group shows in Italy, Europe and Japan almost every year.
Collections are at:
Kanagawa Prefectural Art Museum (Formerly Kamakura modern Art Museum), National International Museum, Japan and Idrija Art Museum, Slovenia, etc.
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LIGHT and CUBES
Kazuki Tsujimoto（1974）
Although art is supposed to be springing out from inside of artists, what we have to be conscious when we are painting is about form, color and their compositions.
I have been especially interested in this “form & color compositions.” This thought led me to a theme of “Light and Cubes.”
Nature is given life by sunshine. Everything becomes alive when it has its own form. Inevitable harmony of color and form are being expanded as universe, and universe is a true existence.
I wish to grab a moment when I feel myself that I am a part of this universe. I believe all the artists have long dreamed to do so. Leonardo da Vinci, by way of his creation, conducted scientific researches on nature and tried to describe nature as precise as possible. Then he created artificial universe by adding pictorial order, hence gave life to his works.
This way, you must objectify your work and once put them outside yourself. In other words, you should be conscious that you work is fiction. Then at once, mutual relationship between light and cubes will be given a breath, like nature.
Light (color) can be brighter with three dimensional shapes (form) because it is clearer and materialized. Cubes can be more realistic and more constructive with light, so artwork will become livelier.
In other words, vitality will become reality with Light and Cubes.