Risaburo Kimura Silk Screen City368

★ Risaburo Kimura Silk Screen City368

Image Size: 63cm x 50cm
Sheet Size: 72.5cm x 57.5cm
Signed
Condition: Good
Edition Size: 50
Sheet only

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Risaburo Kimura

・1924
Born in Yokosuka
・1954
Graduated from Hosei University, Department of Philosophy
・1964
Moved to the U.S.
・1962
Contemporary Japanese Prints Exhibition, Paris
・1963
New Print Artists Journal Prize Exhibition (Japan)
・1966
National Print Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum of Art (New York)
・1968
National Print Exhibition, Oklahoma Art Center (U.S.A.)
National Print Exhibition, Michigan (U.S.A.)
National Print Exhibition, Tennessee (U.S.A.)
8th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan (Japan)
Tokyo International Print Biennale (Japan)
・1969
Solo Exhibition, Long Island University (New York)
50th Anniversary Exhibition of the National Association of Printmakers (New York)
・2014
Passed away

He expressed the collapse and rebirth of cities, and the universe. The boy, who was told by his mother that painting is for yakuza, began his serious art career after turning 30 and moved to New York alone. He continued to create works in an apartment frequented by artists, known as the Crazy House, confronting the Manhattan skyline and producing a diverse range of prints, oil paintings, and watercolors. On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers, just a few kilometers away, vanished in an instant, and the urban collapse that was his theme became a reality before his eyes. He obtained permanent residency in the U.S. and continued to express grand, science-fiction-like worlds. In his later years, he jokingly said, I want to dive into the Hudson River with my paints and end my life with a front-page story in the New York Times.

Collections:
Museum of Modern Art, New York; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Oklahoma Art Center; Columbia Museum of Art; IBM Headquarters; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts; Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo University of the Arts