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Painting, Oil on Wood
Size: 7.1 W x 9.4 H x 0.1 D in
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I love Japanese art and literature. They have some unique concepts which fascinate me and have been influencing my recent work. One is the concept of the cut or 'kire': A distinctive notion in Japanese aesthetic discourse is that of the 'cut' (kire) or, 'cut-continuity' (kire-tsuzuki). The cut appears as a fundamental feature in the distinctively Japanese art of flower arrangement called ikebana. The term means literally 'making flowers live'—a strange name, on first impression at least, for an art that begins by initiating their death. There is an exquisite essay by Nishitani Keiji on this marvelous art, in which organic life is cut off precisely in order to let the true nature of the flower come to the fore. Cutting also appears in the 'cut-syllable' (kireji) in the art of haiku poetry, which cuts off one image from—at the same time as it links it to—the next. There is a famous cut-syllable, ya, at the end of the first line of the best known haiku by Bashō, the most famous haiku poet: Furuike ya Kawazu tobikomu Mizu no oto. Ah, an ancient pond— Suddenly a frog jumps in! The sound of water. — Japanese Aesthetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Painting:Oil on Wood
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Size:7.1 W x 9.4 H x 0.1 D in
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Owen is a Scottish contemporary painter who was winner of the prestigious BP Portrait Young Artist Award in 2013. Owen's style can be described as expressive realism, where both observation and creativity play key roles. He paints figurative work and still life; the key focus of his work is to explore an awareness of impermanence and an empathy towards the inevitable passing of all things. Owen has had solo exhibitions in Berlin and Lisbon, and has exhibited in group shows in London, New York, Berlin, Edinburgh and Glasgow. His work is held in private collections in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, USA, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong.
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