Kyotaro Hakamata
Extender - Hotei and Bear
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For this work Hakamata took two figures universally recognized in Japan--a model of Hotei, god of happiness and abundance, and the standard Hokkaido souvenir of a carved wooden bear—cut them into slices and layered the pieces alternately. The result is one of a somehow familiar form manifesting as fragmented fault lines. In rhythmic stripes of contrasting garish acrylic and stylish wood, the pudgy deity draws added vitality from a wild bear of the kind inhabiting the Hokkaido landscape.
About Kyotaro HakamataKyotaro Hakamata
- 1963
- Born in Shizuoka.
- 1987
- Completed the Faculty of Sculpture in Musashino Art Univesity
- 1994-95
- Studied in Philadelphia Under Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists
- 1996-97
- Studied and Stayed in China, Tibet, Nepal, etc., by T.ost Promissing Young Talent in Art Division of The Gotoh MemorialCultural Award
- 2012
- The 22th Takashimaya Art Award ,Takashimaya Culture Foundation
The Shizuoka Prefectural Award of Cultural Advancement
- 2014
- “Human, Smoke, etc.” The Hiratsuka City of Art, Kanagawa
- 2012
- “People in a Skit” MA2Gallery, Tokyo
- 2011
- “Shizuoka Project 1. Kyotaro Hakamata solo exhibition” Shizuoka City Museum of ART, Shizuoka
- 2008-09
- Open Studio Program/Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
- 1995
- Shinjuku Park Tower Hall, Tokyo
- 1993
- Hillside Gallery, Tokyo
- 1991
- Kawasaki IBM Citizen's Cultural Gallery, Kanagawa
- 1990
- Tokiwa Gallery ,Tokyo
- 2019
- “AKUMATEKINA” YasukoIba/YasueKodama/KyotaroHakamata, MA2Gallery, Tokyo
- 2015
- “The Aesthetics of Lines” Aichi Prefecturel Museum of Art, Aichi
- 2013
- “ROKKO MEETS ART 2013” Rokko Mt., Kobe, Hyogo
- 2012
- “The Power of Japanese Contemporary Sculpture” AKI gallery, Taipei
- 2011
- “As Long As Rainbow Lasts” SOKA Art Center, Taipei
- 2009
- “Colors and Colors” Art Front Graphics, Tokyo
- 2007
- “Tsubaki-Kai 2007 Trans-Figurative” Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
- 2004
- “Memento mori” Honen-in, Kyoto
- 2003
- “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003” Tohkamachi city GSI Creos, Niigata
- 2001
- “Domani 2001” Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo
- 2000
- “The Gotoh Memorial Foundation 10th Anniversary Exhibition” Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo
“Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000” Tohkamachi Triennial Center, Niigata - 1998
- “VOCA '98 - The Vision of Contemporary Art” The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
- 1997
- “GALLERY ARTISTS '97” Z Gallery, New York, U,S,A
- 1995
- “TRIANGLE ARTISTS' WORK SHOP” Ecole superieure des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France
“PENNART / Faculty and Visiting Artist Exhibition” Mayerson Hall Gallery,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U,S,A - 1990
- “Crossing '90” Kaneko Art GI,Tokyo
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The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi / Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi / Saku Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Nagano / Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa / Shiseido Art House, Shizuoka / Faret Tachikawa, Tokyo / Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu, Tokyo / Conrad Tokyo, Tokyo / Royal Park Hotel The Kyoto ,Kyoto
- size
- 460×210×170mm
- material
- readymade figures（wood）
- year
- 2012
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- product #
- 0102