～”HITOIKI” – Kosuke Masuda’s Sumie ～
As a Buddhist monk, writing calligraphy using sumi ink, brushes, and washi paper are the tools he uses daily. Kosuke draws scenarios with bicycles like he writes calligraphy.The word HITOIKI means “single breath” in Japanese.
Kosuke seals and completes his Sumie work before his single “breath” is out.
With a breath, his vision will appear and he lures that image onto washi paper again and again.
Regardless of the techniques used, whether it be metal carving or Sumie, Kosuke’s works are intuitive and intricate, which creates a clear and sharp effect. His works are then rendered complete by the person who views the piece and through their perception, creates a relationship to the artwork itself. Therefore, whether it is a piece that doesn’t have specific details or a piece where intricate details are taken to its limit, it is entirely up to ones personal relationship that the viewer creates with his pieces.
Excessive amount of information can trap people and limit what they see.
Within Kosuke’s world of “HITOIKI”, people can be set free.
(Text/Kei Hompo)
Santomi center BOX（Gallery） ART EXHIBITION vol.6
| Title | KOSUKE MASUDA BICYCLE SUMIE EXHIBITION –HITOIKI- |
| Artist | MASUDA KOSUKE |
| DATE | June 1st (sat) – 16th(sun), 2019 / 12:00pm – 18:00pm |
| Venue | Santomi Center BOX(Gallery) |
| 24-3 Nakano-cho Nakagyo-ku, Sanjo-dori Tominokoji NorthEast Kyoto | |
| Fee | 1drink order @Santomi Center Coffee |
| * This exhibition can be purchased | |
| INOUE MASAHIRO（Inoue Kogado ） http://kogado.jp/ | |
| KEI HOMPO （Photo Text / Photographer） http://www.keihompo.com/ |
Profile
Kosuke Masuda is a Buddhist monk of Koyasan Shingon-shu from Yokohama, Japan.
He graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in New Zealand in 2004, and spent the following year training at Koyasan to become a Buddhist monk.After completing his training in 2005, he also continued his work as an artist and exhibited his works at numerous spaces which included collaborating with magazines and bicycle companies. Kosuke developed works that related to bicycles while manipulating multiple techniques. One of his more popular works is his delicate metal carvings on multiple bicycle components.This created a buzz in Japan and internationally leading to an offer from “MASH”, an influential company spreading cyclist’s culture, inviting him to collaborate with their products.This culminated to his first solo exhibition in San Francisco, where he debuted his first works of bicycles in “Sumie” in October 2018.After the success of this exhibition, Kosuke gained worldwide recognition and was offered to held another exhibition in April 2019 at the MACOMOS gallery in New Zealand. This exhibition in Japan will be his first time to introduce his bicycle works in Sumie.
WEB：http://www.kosukemasuda.com/
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