ARTIST: KAZUTOSHI SUGIURA. (B. 1938 )
TITLE: ROSE NO 2
SIGNED: YES, SIGNED IN PENCIL AND DATED
TYPE: SCREENPRINT
YEAR: 1977
DIMENSION: SHEET: 14 5/8" x 9 3/8". IMAGE: 9 1/2" x 7"
EXCELLENT CONDITION.
KAZUTOSHI SUGIURA GRADUATED FROM THE KYOTO MUNICIPAL COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS IN 1963 WHERE HE STUDIED JAPANESE OIL PAINTING AND SERIGRAPHY. WHILE STILL AN UNDERGRADUATE HE WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO AN EDITION OF SILKSCREEN PRINTS BY THE INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC ART SOCIETY IN NEW YORK.
HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS STUDYING CLASSICAL JAPANESE PAINTINGS AND THE ART OF GOLD LEAF RESTORATION AT THE KYOTO NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES.
HE THEN FOCUSED HIS ATTENTION ON SILKSCREEN PRINTS OF FLOWERS. HE DEMONSTRATES A PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE EYE FOR CREATING WORKS THAT ARE RICH IN COLOR AND APPEALING IN COMPOSITION. A UNIQUE HALLMARK OF HIS ART IS THE USE OF GOLD LEAF APPLIED TO A SHEET OF PAPER BEFORE THE SILKSCREEN PROCESS IS BEGUN. THIS PROVIDES A SUBTLE AND EFFECTIVE BACKGROUND, WHICH IS SO REMINISCENT OF ANTIQUE JAPANESE SCREENS. THE GOLD LEAF MAKES THE PAPER IMPERVIOUS TO SILKSCREEN INK, SO SUGIARA'S PRINTS ARE MARKED WITH A MOTTLING OF INK LYING ON THE SURFACE. THIS PROCESS LENDS TEXTURE AND THREE DIMENTIONALITY TO THE SERENE COMPOSITIONS.
THIS WORK BEING LISTED IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE BEST OF HIS WORKS, BRILLIANT COLORS, TEXTURES.

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