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UMEZAWA Kazuki,1985 -

A Certain Mankind's Super Landscape DXDX L / DXDX C / DXDX R

2012

printed on panel, triptych

80.0 × 130.0 × 3.0 cm (each)

signed, titled and dated on the verso (each)

ESTIMATE : 
$5,600 - $8,300
CONDITION

Very good condition.
Each is signed, titled, and dated on the lower right of the verso.
Signed by Fujishiro Uso, the head of Chaos*Lounge, on the upper left of the verso of DXDX C.

DESCRIPTION

The contemporary artist UMEZAWA Kazuki (1985-) is widely known for his style of using unique Japanese cultural subjects such as anime and otaku. After graduating from Musashino Art University with a degree in film and video, he began showing his work in both online and art scenes around 2008. Since then, he has exhibited his work in museums and galleries in Japan and abroad, and continues to be one of the most active contemporary Japanese artists.

His approach to production is to break down images and videos he finds on the internet into fragments of data and collage those pieacecs of information on a flat surface to create a kind of chaotic assemblage of images. His technique is deeply influenced by his personal experiences on platforms such as pixiv and Nico Nico Douga. He has spoken about how the sense of unity created by the intense interplay of video and danmaku (bullet comments) on these platforms served as a key inspiration for his current artistic practice.

This work, A Certain Mankind's Super Landscape, created in 2012, is a large-scale work consisting of three 80 x 130 cm panels that form a single image. This work was exhibited in the "GENDAIART" exhibition held at ROPPONGI HILLS A/D GALLERY.
It is based on an image originally created for the art magazine of the same name, incorporating a large-scale collage of works by artists from ChaosLounge at the time, led by Uso Fujishiro.
The piece builds upon an earlier work titled A Super Landscape of a Certain Humanity (2011, private collection), and is characterized by its prominently festive imagery.

PROVENANCE

YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo

EXHIBITED

“Extreme AR Image Core”, August 23 - November 15, 2013, Diesel Art Gallery, Tokyo
"THE 100 JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS / Season 3", August 22 – September 19, 2015, Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo

"GENDAI*ART", February 28 – March 18, 2012, ROPPONGI HILLS A/D GALLERY, Tokyo

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