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Kokuta Suda " selection of permanent collection "


Majesty of Life

Born in 1906 Suda worked in his last years more as an representative artist making for a big change compared with his abstracts created from age 43 to around age 63.
This was due to his encounter with the Shobogenzo by Dogen Senshi,since his artistic life became penetrated with the key words " turning spirit into form ". Then after his 60`s his words were recorded as follows " abstract art and representative art will come back ultimately to the same point, within the contradictions in me ".
At the hand of the books ( Kaido wo yuku ) by Taro Shibaryo he returned to expressing himself in representative art. This time, in the evening of his life he also left behind many calligraphy with this " spirit" strongly expressed in form. Leaving out the fact that he created works as an artist, from the time of encountering Shobogenzo, one also can see many of his literature and records of conferences in words and expressions full of confidence and awakened spirit.
It is correct to call this spirit the essence of art. We are happy to announce the opening of his exhibition concentrated on calligraphy, 4 years after we did his centennial show.

List of main art works ( included art works from the art shelf )

Kokuta Suda

Majesty of life / 94 x 89 cm scroll in box
The buddha of Jigokudani / 51 x 75 scroll in box
Letters Wajin Ryokan / 14 x 34

Kazu Sasaki

Soya beans and bird / 26,5 x 21 cm framed

Tetsu Nakamura

A / 29,5 x 20,5 cm framed


Yoko Yamamoto ( print) , Daisuke Shibata ( pen ), Yukari Maeda ( nihonga), Rimako Horikawa ( acrylic ) among others.

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Kokuta Suda " selection of permanent collection "

Place:
Zokyudo Gallery
604-8091 1fl, Nishi-iru, Kawaramachi, Oike-dori, Nakagyo-ku,Kyoto-shi,Kyoto