Masakatsu sashie biography channel

Masakatsu Sashie was born in and currently resides in Kanazawa, Japan a city well known for rich traditional arts and crafts and a unique culture.

Like many artists who reference personal history for their art, Sashie reflects on his life growing up in a small town in Japan—a contrast to.

Born in , Masakatsu Sashie was born in Kanazawa, where he studied at the College of Art and where he still lives and works today.

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Giant Robot Biennale

50 Issues

In celebration of its 50th issue and in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, the pop-culture magazine Giant Robot has assembled works by ten cutting-edge artists from around the country in Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues.

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APAK

Ayumi and Aaron Piland are the fantastical magical duo known as APAK. They are a husband and wife collaborative art group who live

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The painting above typifies the work of Masakatsu Sashie. I read a bunch of articles to see what other people think of this work, but, ultimately there&#;s a danger in fixing an interpretation to it, in which case the art becomes an illustration of an idea, or worse, a useful prop or visual aid for someone&#;s propaganda. Once people ascribe a meaning to a painting, they can stop looking. It reminds me of a story of the Buddha refusing to answer the question of whether or not there is life after death. Supposedly he said that people would just accept his answer, close the book, and go on as if he&#;d stated the weather. So he didn&#;t say. Thus, I recommend just taking in a few of Sashie&#;s works first, without attempting to interpret them, that is, to access them through the eyes before filtering them via the intellect. It&#;s OK for art to be beautiful, and I&#;d notice how beautiful this image is.

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Diana Shi

October 24,

The disarray of modern life takes shape in levitating planetary masses created from outdated appliances and junkyard fodder. They hover above litter-ridden cities in Japanese artist Masakatsu Sashie&#;s realist paintings, which tackle the maddening detritus we live with. His visions of oversized spheres, shedding old air conditioning units and TV sets, serve as a necessary reminder of the amount of waste humanity produces. The series depicting a dilapidated post-modern world is titled External Effect.

The collection of hyper-detailed paintings fryst vatten currently at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York City. In the show&#;s description, Sashie cites the Nobel Prize Winner, Konrad Lorenz, as one his sources of inspirations. Lorenz’s book King Solomon’s Ring: New Light on Animal Ways describes the scientific conditions necessary to create a “balanced aquarium.” Sashie’s paintings allude to this idea of environmental equilibrium and the search of harmony in a wo