There are branches of the International Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Society (ICCPS) in eight major cities around the world. I was fortunate enough to be invited to enter the studio of ICCPS founder Master Ransui Yakata, who is the recipient of numerous awards at public exhibitions, including in ink painting (sumi-e). Master Ransui Yakata currently teaches classes in the fashionable Tokyo districts Omotesandou, Ebisu, and Roppongi, passionately instructing students in calligraphy and … [Read more...]
Sumi-e slikarstvo iz perspektive tradicionalno-akademski školovanog europskog umjetnika
"To nije jednostavno usvajanje znanja, nego promjena u biću." J.M.W.Turner Ono što najviše poštujem unutar sumi-e slikarstva je njegova priroda kontrasta, opozicije, vizualno-morfološke tenzije koja teče tijekom njegove primjene. Lako je uočiti vezu, nerazdruživu vezu, prema univerzalnom i osnovnom simbolizmu, najbolje izraženom u čuvenom Yin-Yang simbolu i njegovim varijantama iz drugih kultura: Davidove zvijezde Židova, sumerskog istokračnog križa i drugima. Ako razmišljamo na taj način, … [Read more...]
Sumi-e from the Perspective of a Traditional Academically-trained European Artist
"It is not mere aquisition of knowledge, but a change in being." J.M.W.Turner What I respect the most within sumi-e is its nature of contrast, of opposition, the visual - morphological tension that flows during application. It is easy to note the link, inherent link, to the universal and basic symbolism best expressed in the famous Ying-Yang symbol or its versions from other cultures; The Star of David, the Sumerian equal branch cross etc. If we think in that manner, every sumi-e painter is a … [Read more...]
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