"Zenzaburo Kojima -There is greenery here-"

There is greenery here The title of the poet and poet Tsugio Ando (1919-2002) to the 1964 exhibition of Zenzaburo Kojima's posthumous works is "Here is green". In it, he said, "There is something in Zenzaburo Kojima's paintings that cannot be ignored by what is seen It's not strange. The feeling that there is greenery here naturally arises." He said. In addition, "Kojima's greenery is oil paint and It was an ingenuity after knowing the fateful incongruity between such materials and Japan's nature, and after careful research, Western painting I could not see it yet, and it was perceived as if there was a development of a field." It is connected. And "The amplitude of Kojima's greenery has accumulated It can be said that it was so big that it impressed me as the strength of the sum." Andong uses the French word modre twice in his texts, which seems to mean modeling, three-dimensional expression or fleshing out. It is expressed as a method of casually grasping a sense of volume by means of a circle or mountain shape with thick lines used by Zenzaburo. This is the mid-Jomon period It resembles a group of earthenware. On the surface of the molded earthenware, the composition is solidified with sinking lines equivalent to drawings, and a thick clay string called a dragon belt is placed on top of it. This is a way of modeling. In addition to this, the green tones that change their expression from moment to moment depending on the sunlight, the flow of clouds, and the direction of the wind. Mixing colors on a palette and layering on canvas create changes in Valur (color value). It is the three-dimensionalization of color. The seemingly simple screen is also a complex combination of these, and I think it is the result of Zenzaburo's lifelong pursuit of 3D Japan oil painting. This is not possible without having both the sharp monofocal eyes of birds of prey and the digital compound eyes of insects. It was a technique that Yu Nan could not do. Therefore, there are still few people who understand it. When the work is presented in front of it, it is so comfortable that the viewer forgets to understand. It is similar to a blissful plate at the dining table.　　　　　　 Kojima Gallery Toshiro Kojima

Exhibition contents Zenzaburo Kojima oil paintings, watercolors, about 25 works   Exhibition website