Akio Takamori
War
2013

About the Item

Artist: Akio Takamori Title: War Date: 2013 Medium: Lithograph and woodblock with chine colle Dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 inches Editions: 36 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:
2013
Dimensions:
Height: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)
Medium:
Handmade Paper,Wood,Printer's Ink,Lithograph
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Kansas City, MO
Reference Number:
Seller: ATA_1906_0051stDibs: LU60834605342
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