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1980
When he made an impressive debut in the exhibitions "Between Man and Matter and Aspects of New Japanese Art", Susumu Koshimizu was still in his mid-twenties. At the time, he was considered an artist belonging to the "Mono-ha", the group of young artists who presented the materials of iron, wood, stone, or paper in little modified form. But his later works often contain fragments of figurative images and have a surface that is carefully finished. In this "Relief '80-8," the two pieces that make up the pair look simple enough: They are both made of nine boards and are carved in the surface with a circle and a line respectively. But when examined closer, the work reveals that there is a contrast, enhanced by the meticulously finished surface, between the flat and curved surfaces in the left piece, and between the straight and curved lines in the right. The work probably takes the images from the earth and water. The two reliefs, which remind us of a puddle and a stream, make a kind of an abstract version of the traditional Japanese dry landscape which also represents water.
1944-
| Genre | Sculptures,installations |
|---|---|
| Material/technique | Wood (katsura) |
| Dimensions | 2点組：各162.5×97×6.5cm |
| Acquisition date | 1981 |
| Accession number | 1975-00-4056-000 |
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ICHIHARA Arinori
1980
AZUMAYA Takemi
1980
ICHIHARA Arinori
1980
GILBERT & GEORGE
1980
MURAI Masanari
1980
MOTOMURA Tadashi
1980
NAKABAYASHI Tadayoshi
1980
ANZAI Shigeo
July 9, 1980
ICHIHARA Arinori
1980
IDA Shoichi
1980
