Fine Arts Exhibitions - 絵金

Today, I went to the exhibition of the Japanese painter, Ekin(絵金).
He was a painter in Kochi/高知県 (Tosa/土佐) and was active from the end of the Edo period(幕末) to the Meiji period(明治).

Ekin's real name is Kinzo(金蔵), which is an abbreviation of 'Eshi no Kinzo(絵師の金蔵→絵金)'.  He never called himself that.
It is said that there was a popular custom in the local area to decorate shrines with folding screens with Ekin paintings during the summer festival season.

His painting style is different from ink painting, which uses ink even among Japanese paintings, and is characterized by a vivid and pulsating style that makes use of paint and line drawings using pigments.

I felt that it was more similar to today's digital painting than Western painting.  Like Mucha, his work may have contributed to the establishment of the current style of manga and digital art.

 Japanese paintings are characterized by deformed faces and bodies, but if you look closely, there are parts where the skeleton and unevenness of muscles are accurately drawn, and these are deformed after knowing everything about anatomy.

In addition, there are many poses that are somewhat unreasonable from the point of view of anatomy.  However, if you look at the whole picture, you can't really feel the discomfort, and if you correct it in light of anatomy, the appeal of the art as a whole will decrease.  This kind of exaggerated expression of the human body for the sake of appearance can also be seen in ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.
 

It was also very interesting to incorporate multiple time-series landscapes into one piece of art.  I'll see if I can somehow incorporate this into my art.

The motifs of his paintings are Kabuki(歌舞伎) and Joruri(浄瑠璃), most of which are tragedies.

I had Southwest Asian curry for lunch.