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Contemporary Japanese artist Kazuki Umezawa creates complex collages from found digital material. The chaotic array of images, occasionally layered with paint, presents a bombardment of visual information densely packed into a single frame. The artist deconstructs the specificity of original images and recontextualizes them to create drastically new forms and shapes. Born in 1985 in Saitama in Japan, Umezawa was raised in an artistic family. Determined to be an artist at an early age, Umezawa entered a special art track in high school. He attended Musashino Art University in Japan from 2005 to 2008, a time marked in Japanese popular culture for the dramatic expansion of the internet. The development of anonymous and online creative spaces inspired the artist’s style of endless appropriation, collage, and combinations of analog and digital processes. In 2009, Umezawa joined the collective Chaos Lounge, which was started by the artist Uso Fujishiro. The group aimed to
About This Lot
Contemporary Japanese artist Kazuki Umezawa creates complex collages from found digital material. The chaotic array of images, occasionally layered with paint, presents a bombardment of visual information densely packed into a single frame. The artist deconstructs the specificity of original images and recontextualizes them to create drastically new forms and shapes. Born in 1985 in Saitama in Japan, Umezawa was raised in an artistic family. Determined to be an artist at an early age, Umezawa entered a special art track in high school. He attended Musashino Art University in Japan from 2005 to 2008, a time marked in Japanese popular culture for the dramatic expansion of the internet. The development of anonymous and online creative spaces inspired the artist’s style of endless appropriation, collage, and combinations of analog and digital processes. In 2009, Umezawa joined the collective Chaos Lounge, which was started by the artist Uso Fujishiro. The group aimed to
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From Earle Vandekar of Knightsbridge, American Hooked Rug Depicting a Zebra Mounted on Stretcher, Early 20th Century, (Ref: NY9569 - camr).
From Moderne Gallery, Room Divider by George Nakashima, 1989. A rare Nakashima form with a finished back. American black walnut with grilled pandanus cloth sliding doors. Signed and dated. 60 wide x 18 deep x 24 high.
From Lillian Nassau, (detail) Tiffany Studios Dragonfly Table Lamp, Circa 1906. Leaded glass, pressed glass “jewels,” patinated bronze; 23 in (high).
From The Old Print Shop, A Base Ball Game. (Proof with portraits). Painted by Henry Sandham in 1894. Goupil gravure (photogravure), 1896. Printed in Paris and published April 1, 1896 by Boussod Valadon & Co. Successors to Goupil & Co. Image size 38 5/8 x 51 3/4 .
With a bounty of treasures from the East, Asia Week New York opens
Egami Etsu (b. 1994), Face, 2020. Oil on canvas, 66 1/8 x 46 1⁄2 in (168 x 118 cm). Photo: Courtesy Chambers Fine Art.
NEW YORK, NY
.- With its spectacular trove of Asian works of artboth ancient and contemporary spanning the Far East and South Asiathe 12th annual Asia Week New York continues to delight collectors and connoisseurs of all persuasions. Opening on March 11th through March 20th, the 29 international galleries will present their exhibitions virtually on www.asiaweekny.com and by-appointment, with six auction housesBonhams, Christies, Doyle, Heritage, iGavel, and Sothebys mounting their respective sales.