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Tomokazu Matsuyama

Perfect All Alone Ironic

€5,000

Edition of 7582.6 (H) × 72.0 (W) cm

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Tomokazu Matsuyama reflects on the paradoxical pleasures of solitude.

In Perfect All Alone Ironic, wisteria, lilies and irises surround a contemplative lone figure. To create the edition, Matsuyama worked closely with printmakers to introduce new layers of detail to an already-intricate painting. Floral motifs traced in silver echo the lavish textiles that enshroud his lakeside subject, while snow-like spots add depth and – in contrast with verdant foliage – a sense of seasonal surrealism.

Characteristic of the artist’s original paintings, an irregular outer edge adds a final stroke of arbitrariness. Prints arrive float-mounted in bespoke white frames, contoured to match.

Framing

Prints arrived float-mounted in a bespoke white frame contoured to match their irregular shape.

Medium

Archival pigment print on 330gsm Somerset Satin Enhanced paper, finished with silkscreen details in white ink, silver ink, gold leaf, copper leaf, satin gloss varnish (coating) and high gloss varnish (highlights).

Certificate of Authenticity

Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.

Finishing

Individually signed and numbered.

Release date

December 05, 2023

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Behind the scenes

An image of the artist, stood in his studio.

Tomokazu Matsuyama15 collaborationsTomokazu Matsuyama, also known as Matzu, creates energetic pop-inspired artworks that muse on cultural identity in the age of the internet. Having grown up between Japan and America, Matzu explores the personal implications of cross-cultural identity for a globalised generation. His bright, acrylic and mixed media paintings move freely between abstraction and representation, and merge Eastern and Western art histories – from Pop Art, graffiti and Manga to the Edo and Meiji eras, French Renaissance painting and classical Greek and Roman sculpture. Matzu’s canvases are rarely rectangular. Instead, they take on irregular shapes that often suggest the outline of an ancient Japanese scroll. Matzu, like his Japanese colleague Takashi Murakami, also works with multiple artisans to create his works with exceptional levels of technique reminiscent of traditional Japanese painting. Combining domestic motifs like books, plants and furniture with the expressionless faces of his figures, he blends the familiar and the strange in a representation of his own personal identity between two different homes.

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