Paul Cupido

Homage to Shoji, No. 9

2024

Humakura, 2023 Signed, titled, numbered and dated in ink on photographers label. Archival pigments on Kozo paper Image/Sheet: 12" x 8" Edition 4 of 10

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on tea infused Japanese Kozo paper Image: 17 1/2" x 11 3/4", Frame: 21" x 15" Edition 2 of 7

Reprise, 2023 Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on handmade Kozo paper Image: 11 3/4" x 8 3/4", Frame: 15 1/8" x 12 1/4" Edition 3 of 10

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigment prints on Kozo paper Image/Sheet: 12" x 9" Edition 4 of 10

Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten countries as a part of the cultural exchange programs, Up with People and The Ship for World Youth. When her time with those groups ended she moved to the United States, where she discovered photography and started incorporating it with calligraphy. Chaco has led demonstrations and has taught calligraphy workshops at the Dallas Museum of Art, The Crow Asian Art Museum, Greenhill School, and Saint Mark’s School of Texas among others. Chaco’s artwork has been exhibited in Dallas, Santa Fe, New York and Los Angeles and Paris. Process Statement My work uses the Japanese and Chinese calligraphic characters that I have practiced since childhood. I take a line from one character, and when that brushstroke is made it tells me where the next one should be placed. This method of working is untraditional. I have found that the details and individual lines of a character are beautiful by themselves. I may use the individual brushstrokes that form a written word, Japanese letters...

Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten countries as a part of the cultural exchange programs, Up with People and The Ship for World Youth. When her time with those groups ended she moved to the United States, where she discovered photography and started incorporating it with calligraphy. Chaco has led demonstrations and has taught calligraphy workshops at the Dallas Museum of Art, The Crow Asian Art Museum, Greenhill School, and Saint Mark’s School of Texas among others. Chaco’s artwork has been exhibited in Dallas, Santa Fe, New York and Los Angeles and Paris. Process Statement My work uses the Japanese and Chinese calligraphic characters that I have practiced since childhood. I take a line...

An indication that we have entered a new era of creativity, are the photographs of John Casado. “His nudes reveal new attitudes and visions that stamp him firmly as an artist who differs from his predecessors of the past 170 years. In the past two centuries, the nude has evolved slowly, but there is now a decided change.” David Leddick...

chromogenic print mounted on aluminum with UV ultra non-glare plexiglass
 editions of 10 available in: 
16 x 16 in. $4000 
20 x 20 in. $5000
 24 x 24 in. $6000
 30 x 30 in. $8000
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