Akio Takamori
Duet
2008

About the Item

Artist: Akio Takamori Title: Duet Date: 2008 Medium: Archival ink jet and hand lithography Dimensions: 21.25 x 26.5 inches Editions: 45 Akio Takamori’s evolution as an artist began as he worked with Ken Ferguson to break free of the constraints of industrial pottery and find new ways to express himself in clay. Since those first years at the Kansas City Art Institute his work has changed greatly, but it has always been figurative, based on the human body and expressive of human emotion and sensuality. Most of Takamori’s work has been strongly influenced by his Japanese heritage. He has translated traditional Japanese prints into three-dimensional porcelain sculptures, he recreated his hometown in Japan from memory using clay, and he has translated Peter Bruegel’s paintings into sculptures of Japanese people. Takamori collaborated with Master Printer Mike Sims, of The Lawrence Lithography Workshop in Kansas City, Missouri, to create a series of prints that combine digital images of his ceramic sculptures with more traditional lithography printing techniques. Akio Takamori, printmaking, lithography, woodcut, print, Japanese artists, Japanese printmakers, Japanese prints, figurative, human form, Robert Arneson, Betty Woodman, Pablo Picasso, Peter Voulkos, Viola Frey, Kenneth Price

Creator:
Akio Takamori (1950, Japanese)
Creation Year:
2008
Dimensions:
Height: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)Width: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)
Medium:
Archival Ink,Printer's Ink,Lithograph,Inkjet
Movement & Style:
Expressionist
Period:
2000-2009
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Kansas City, MO
Reference Number:
Seller: ATA_1906_0021stDibs: LU60834605252
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