Hiroshi Yamano: Scene of Japan
Visual Arts
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Hiroshi Yamano takes a fresh look at his surroundings and finds inspiration in what is directly in front of him, a leaf, a flower, the scales of a fish glistening in the sun; after travelling widely, looking for where he can feel truly at home, he is now happy to suspend the search and work in his studio in Fukui Prefecture in Japan.
Although a glass blower, Yamano makes extensive use of silver leaf engraving and copper electroplating in his work, cutting and polishing blown forms to move them into the sculptural realm.Yamano’s love of Japanese craft and metal work, can be seen in his contemporary take on the old motifs and compositional forms of old Japanese art.
Traditional Japanese and Chinese paintings employ a motif known as ka cho fu getu. Ka in Japanese means flower, cho is a bird, fu means scene, and getu means every month. The old paintings used the flower & bird posed in a natural scene to portray natural landscapes. A series of paintings could show nature across the changing seasons. “These themes exist strongly in Japanese and Chinese minds. They are strong in my mind as well. My newest phase of work is based on this inspiration.”
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2013" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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