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Thoughts in Color and Shapes #12

Thoughts in Color and Shapes #12 - Collage
Accession #: 4395.28
Title: Thoughts in Color and Shapes #12
Object Type: Collage
Participants:
Physical Description: Mixed media collage of browns, tans, and black. Torn and cut paper pasted on a background of blocks of brown, white, and grey.
Description: Born in Yamanashi, Japan in 1906, Paul Horiuchi evolved into a master of abstracted collage painting. Horiuchi said, "I believe that the art of painting, and the painting itself, should convey a feeling of serene satisfaction and inner harmony." Horiuchi had good fortune with his painting career, but gained fame as a collagist. Collage was a medium whose moment had arrived, with Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Juan Gris. Horiuchi drew on the tradition of a 12th century Japanese form of collage called shikishi - the arranging of torn papers into the likeness of landscapes - and cross-fertilized it with abstract expressionist vigor. He created his first major collage in 1954, after seeing shredded rain-blown layers of notices on a wall in Seattle's Chinatown. "It all began with a painting of a red dragon in a Chinatown celebration," he later said. "I had done it in collage, but I didn't like it. The dragon looked too bright, so I stripped it off. When I saw the traces it left, I realized it was much more interesting that way, so I let it be." After this experience, he did not return to figurative art. He created several pieces of public art, including the Mural Amphitheater for the 1962 World's Fair at Seattle Center and won numerous awards such as the Governor's Art Award, the Emperor of Japan's Award of Sacred Treasure of Fourth Class, and the Wing Luke Museum's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Category: Art
Dimensions:
Object H x W 26.625 x 21.625"
Materials/Techniques:
paper (Material)
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Credit Line: Gift of the Washington Art Consortium through gift of Safeco Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, 2017
Copyright:
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