18 June 2013
Tomie Mitsuhashi - The Spirit of Nature: Images from Japan - exhibition in Cambridge, 3-10 July 2013
Categorised under: Art & Exhibitions
The Japanese artist Tomie Mitsuhashi will be exhibiting her paintings at The Kaetsu Educational & Cultural Centre, Cambridge from 3 – 10 July 2013 (10.00 – 17.00).
Tomie Mitsuhashi
Born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan in 1946, Tomie Mitsuhashi graduated from Kyoto Women’s University in 1967 and studied under Ryonosuke Shimomura in 1976. She has been Director of Gallery Yuragi in Kyoto since 2005. Tomie Mitsuhashi has exhibited in Japan, South Korea, USA, France and in Spain and has won many prizes for her work in Japan, as well as a third prize and a recommendation in France.
By using traditional Japanese painting techniques and combining them with transfer copy ink and watercolour, she builds layer upon layer of image and colour onto handmade washi paper, giving her paintings a beautiful texture and depth.
She frequently returns to her favourite subject matter: plants, gardens andlandscapes, capturing the moods of the seasons and their influence on our lives.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Subjectively viewed, time often seems to stand still or to speed up. Objectively, viewed on the clock or calendar, time never stops or slows, it goes relentlessly on.
In dreams, when we are not bound by a sense for time or place, memories of the past and the present freely mingle, overcoming the limitations which we know when awake.
In reality, what is happening now by tomorrow will be the past. Moments from fifty years ago, this morning or even a minute ago all belong to the past.
In my work I wish to create pieces which revive memories of the past transporting them back into the present, expressing my feelings for this wonder of time.
Tomie Mitsuhashi – The Spirit of Nature: Images from Japan
3-10 July 2013 (10.00 – 17.00)
The Kaetsu Educational & Cultural Centre, Cambridge
Huntington Road, Cambridge CB3 0SH
Tel. 01223 376 600 Fax 01223 566 094
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