Kadosaka Ryu Exhibition

Thursday, May 8 - Sunday, May 25, 2014

10:00am-6:30pm　
Closed: Tuesdays (by appointment), Wednesdays Exhibits　

■ 24 works selected from the 20-year milestone of copperplate engraving, from the time when he started to the present day, and selected from his memories by decade, including his comments.

■ Memorial Exhibition
Kadosaka Ryu passed away on April 3. This exhibition will be held in memory of his passing by displaying copperplate engravings that he selected himself before his death.

Opening Event　Cancelled

In this event, we will explain copperplate engraving and show some of the advanced techniques using a tool, the burin.
Please join us.

■ Date and Time: Sunday, May 11, from 2:00 p.m.
■ Admission: Free (with one drink)

About My Expression　　　　　　Kadosaka Ryu

Many beautiful sensory memories from my boyhood, when I loved to watch flowing water, burning fires, ears of rice waving in the wind, and other flowing forms, are associated with rivers.

The Hino River, which flows into Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, was a river in a village at the foot of the mountains where the mountain stream turns into a clear stream, just like in an old Japanese tale. The experience of playing and spending time there throughout the four seasons has become the greatest spiritual treasure for my work today.

When I continue the act of simply "painting as I see it" for a long time, the focus of my eye on the motif shifts a little, and the whole image begins to blend into the chaotic flow of particles, and the surface world begins to take on a completely different appearance.

As I try to make the flow resonate with the movement of my hand as faithfully as possible and replace it with lines using round pens, facet brushes, burin brushes, and other tools with sharp tips, the eye looking at the motif is gradually influenced by the drawn lines, leading to the next line, and the work proceeds in a sense of unity between eye and hand movement like a gradually shifting recitation.

The principle of non-intersection gives each line equal value on the canvas and adds to the simultaneous movement of the whole, stopping the brush at a certain saturation point.

During the process of creation, I controls my mind to "lose" my conception of the motif as much as possible, letting my eyes and hands resonate with the rhythms of the universe, and painting as I sees it.