Title: (その74) - 片隅の椿 - (No.74 "Wallflower, Camellia" (Katasumi no hana)). Artist Proof.
Series: 見立て百景 (One Hundred Views of Mitate).
Artist: Nana Shiomi (1956-Present).
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Signed: Signed, titled, & edition in pencil to plate. Published 2006. (One of five artist proofs).
Size: Sheet approx: H: 46.00cm x W: 46.00cm. (Image: H: 34.00cm x W: 34.00cm).
Condition:
Notes: 見立て百景 "100 Views of Mitate": Spanning nearly two decades between 1998 to 2016, Nana Shiomi’s one-hundred print series delicately stages traditional Japanese “icons”/motifs synonymous with Japanese life & culture against earthen-red backdrops and perspective-drawn yellow ochre boards. Inviting audiences to re-interpret and find our own new meaning to antiquated symbols of Japanese culture; Shiomi fuses traditional Japanese and Western art ideology in an approach also aimed at echoing the equality & interconnectedness between all things. Additionally, Shiomi draws attention to the juxtaposition of a Western-dominated world and a deeply rooted Japanese mindset which is shaping modern Japanese consciousness today. “Mitate” (見立て) - the practice of seeing one thing as another, or finding new perspectives or meanings in familiar objects or situations.
Nana Shiomi’s website: http://www.nanashiomi.com.
Nana Shiomi’s book documenting her completion of One Hundred Views of Mitate: “This Side and the Other Side, Woodcuts 1996-2016” (https://www.nanashiomi.com/htmls/English/book.html)
Title: (その74) - 片隅の椿 - (No.74 "Wallflower, Camellia" (Katasumi no hana)). Artist Proof.
Series: 見立て百景 (One Hundred Views of Mitate).
Artist: Nana Shiomi (1956-Present).
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Signed: Signed, titled, & edition in pencil to plate. Published 2006. (One of five artist proofs).
Size: Sheet approx: H: 46.00cm x W: 46.00cm. (Image: H: 34.00cm x W: 34.00cm).
Condition:
Notes: 見立て百景 "100 Views of Mitate": Spanning nearly two decades between 1998 to 2016, Nana Shiomi’s one-hundred print series delicately stages traditional Japanese “icons”/motifs synonymous with Japanese life & culture against earthen-red backdrops and perspective-drawn yellow ochre boards. Inviting audiences to re-interpret and find our own new meaning to antiquated symbols of Japanese culture; Shiomi fuses traditional Japanese and Western art ideology in an approach also aimed at echoing the equality & interconnectedness between all things. Additionally, Shiomi draws attention to the juxtaposition of a Western-dominated world and a deeply rooted Japanese mindset which is shaping modern Japanese consciousness today. “Mitate” (見立て) - the practice of seeing one thing as another, or finding new perspectives or meanings in familiar objects or situations.
Nana Shiomi’s website: http://www.nanashiomi.com.
Nana Shiomi’s book documenting her completion of One Hundred Views of Mitate: “This Side and the Other Side, Woodcuts 1996-2016” (https://www.nanashiomi.com/htmls/English/book.html)
