One side wing (giclée),
2020
Nobuyuki Shimamura
Print : giclée
140 x 175 x 10 cm 55.1 x 68.9 x 3.9 inch
$20,245
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About the artwork
Type
Numbered and limited to 99 copies
15 copies available
Signature
Plate signed
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Sold with certificate of Authenticity from Ibex Masters
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Dimensions cm • inch
140 x 175 x 10 cm 55.1 x 68.9 x 3.9 inch Height x Width x Depth
Framing
Not framed
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Artwork sold in perfect condition
Artwork location: Belgium
Land of Origin: Japan
Nobuyuki’s One Side Wing is a painting about uncertainty, life and death. While discussing his own life viewed from his 50’s forward, Shimamura says “I came to realize in this world that things did not flow as I had imagined. Many mysteries can suddenly come from nowhere and change our lives completely.”
In that sense, One Side Wing speaks of the uncertainty of our lives, the fragility of our organic suits, and an unknown future. It appears that only one wing was given despite the need for two. Balance appears present but not without struggle. But Nobuyuki sees hope. A feather near the model’s hand speaks of that, and the artist believes this little feather of hope will lead us out of the darkness.
The skulls hiding faintly in the background speak of human life and death, but the artist also wants them to remind us of the value for life amid this intrusive and peering mortality. He intends to bring the message to the viewer that hope is ever present, lighting the path of the mind through periods of unexpected hardship.
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Nobuyuki’s One Side Wing is a painting about uncertainty, life and death. While discussing his own life viewed from his 50’s forward, Shimamura says “I came to realize in this world that things did not flow as I had imagined. Many mysteries can suddenly come from nowhere and change our lives completely.”
In that sense, One Side Wing speaks of the uncertainty of our lives, the fragility of our organic suits, and an unknown future. It appears that only one wing was given despite the need for two. Balance appears present but not without struggle. But Nobuyuki sees hope. A feather near the model’s hand speaks of that, and the artist believes this little feather of hope will lead us out of the darkness.
The skulls hiding faintly in the background speak of human life and death, but the artist also wants them to remind us of the value for life amid this intrusive and peering mortality. He intends to bring the message to the viewer that hope is ever present, lighting the path of the mind through periods of unexpected hardship.
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Nobuyuki's paintings are masterpieces of ethereal beauty, where skin tones glow golden under stunningly beautiful sunshine. His figures draped in translucent fabrics of incredible detail have almost become his trademark.
Almost all of his paintings feature reclining figures, either sleeping or staring thoughtfully, sometimes wistfully, into the distance. His subjects are mostly women and occasionally girls. Recently he has also taken to painting lobsters and insects as well, which he has loved since childhood.
Nobuyuki lives and works near the ocean in Saitama Prefecture, one and a half hours by car from Tokyo. In this laidback environment, he painstakingly creates his works which are all sold years in advance to collectors on his long waiting list.
His paintings often require over a dozen thin layers of paint for the background and his models in order to achieve the alive, translucent effect of their skin and bluish veins. Every mole, hair, eyelash, and thread of lace receives his full attention.
Several of Nobuyuki's works are part of the permanent collection of Hoki Museum, Japan's first museum dedicated to realist painting and intended as a “healing museum" of slow contemplation.
A Graduate of Masushiro Art University and a renowned artist, Nobuyuki has been honored with several prizes and solo exhibitions around Japan, but otherwise he likes to maintain a low profile and dedicate himself daily to his genuine and authentic art.
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