KEISUKE TANAKA (Japanese, B. 1976)

Tento

Details

KEISUKE TANAKA (Japanese, B. 1976)
Tento
acrylic, wax, maidenhair tree wood sculpture
296 x 51 x 53 cm. (116 1/2 x 20 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2007

Provenance

Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo, Japan
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Awata Daisuke, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, Sculpture From Stories, Tokyo, Japan, 2007 (illustrated, pp. 28-29).
'Nouvelle Japan: The pioneer of modern art Vol .2' in Health Insurance, Tokyo, Japan, May 2012 (illustrated, p. 7).

Exhibited

Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, Sculpture From Stories, 16 November-2 December 2007.
Tokyo, Japan, Yamamoto Gendai, DREAM of the SKULL, 19 January-1 March 2008.

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Lot Essay

Keisuke Tanaka shows value in the action of sculpting. A tall and thin sculpture is towering over us. Tanaka is sculpting the object with the image of inner mental support. Just as Tentou leads to heaven, his sculpture is stacked with the natural environment of mountains and clouds and cities. It is layers of scenery, and seems as though it has come out of a wood. He makes a pillar by graving it consistently. It exceeds our imagination and brings the existence of a sculpture as a real form.
-extracted from Sculpture From Stories , Awata Daisuke, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, Tokyo, Japan, 2007, p.8

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