Language
言葉
- Birth Year
- 1952
- Death Year
- -
- Date
- 1983
- Technique, Material, Format
- acrylic on canvas, one of the set of four
- Dimension
- 116.6 x 90.9 cm
- Donor name
- Mr. Kimura Hiroshi
- Category
- Oil or Other Painting by Japanese Artist
- Inventory Number
- 2016-OJ-001-03
Each of the four paintings in this set depicts short phrases. While at first glance they appear to have been printed on paper, they are in fact hand-painted on canvas with acrylic paint. The artist, Kimura Hiroshi, has mimicked two typefaces that were commonly used in advertising at the time (in the 1980s): Antique and Gona. However, nothing is being advertised here. Instead, the phrases suggest emotional outbursts that might have been throwaway lines or biting criticisms. And so, with a sharp twist of humor, the viewer’s assumptions are doubly exposed. What we thought was printed matter is actually painting; and what we assumed was an advertisement has no product to sell.
(MINAMISHIMA Ko)
*You can see other works from the set of four.