Yuji Hiratsuka

Retro Mode Dancing With Crane

2018

a lyrical, stylized scene in which a female figure engages in a graceful, symbolic exchange with a crane. The figure’s elongated pose, simplified facial features, and patterned dress...

Signed and numbered from the edition of 15. Printed on Chine colle. Image of a young woman with her hands poised to make magic, with a large flower before her, and a bird whispering ...

Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Image of a young girl with a bird perched on her head while someone takes her photo. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more closely to contemporary life and western sensibilities. Young women and their relationships to shoes, food, and fashion provide much of Hiratsuka’s subject matter. Another group of his prints focus on landscape, flowers, and floral patterns. Hiratsuka’s graphic work has been exhibited in the Americas, Europe and Asia. He has received numerous awards in international competitions. During the last four years he has had 14 solo shows in the United States, and international solo shows in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Munich, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland. Partial list of public collections: The British Museum, UK Tokyo Central Museum, Japan Panstwowe Museum, Poland The House of Humor and Satire, Bulgaria Cincinnati Art Museum, OH Jundt Art Museum, WA The Portland Art...

Image of a young woman Carrying a scythee fro cutting grass. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony r...

Artist: Jiang Tie-Feng (1938) Title: Morning with Crane Year: 2001 Medium: Silkscreen on Vellum Rag paper Edition: 227/293, plus proofs Size: 31 x 31 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed and numbered by the artist. JIANG TIE-FENG (1938- ) Chinese Artist Jiang Tiefeng's colors are of unsurpassed richness. Jiang's use of imagery in his paintings are steeped in Buddhist and Chinese mythology. Each figure has a symbolic meaning, and his works have so much complexity and visual fascination that the viewer is constantly seeing something new. Jiang's deep love of the colorful earth and for Xishuangbanna, a region of the Yunnan Province, has encouraged him to explore and create mysterious and unique subjects to paint. The secret and essence of Jiang Tiefeng's work is best expressed by the artist himself as he describes his paintings not only as pictures, but they are also music and poetry...

Lilian Shao "Dancing before the Moon" Limited edition Serigraph printed on paper. Hand signed by theh artist in pencil on the lower right and the edition number 254/300 on the lef...

Acrylic, gouache, oil mixture & pastel on canvas Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961 who lives & works in Sapporo in Japan. She is graduated from Hokkaido University ...

The weightless Room (2006). Offset print by Aya Takano Offset print, numbered and signed by the artist Image: 30 × 20 in 76.2 × 50.8 cm Sheet: 30 × 20 in 76.2 × 50.8 cm Edition 15...