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Michael Knutson

January 31, 2012

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All images from Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

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Makoto Fujimura + Nihonga mixing

Makoto Fujimura mixes mineral-based pigments in the tradition of Nihonga painting (Japanese coloring techniques). His application is contemporary and tends toward abstraction (see below)

Interview with Tal R from Modern Painters

Following is an excerpt from an interview of painter Tal R by Scott Indrisek for Modern Painters. The whole piece can be read here . You’ve said that one should be able to explain a painting over the telephone. It’s a rule, but then I also ask for trouble. Every artwork should have a certain “hand” that reaches out for the audience, but the physical experience is completely beyond what you can explain on the phone. You can almost explain Donald Judd or Bruce Nauman over the phone. But when you see the pieces, they work on you in a different way. I want there to be normal things in my paintings that everybody can pick up, but when you stand in front of them you get insecure about what you’re watching. It’s like getting the viewer to the dance floor with a very cheesy pop song. If you ask people, they won’t admit that they like the song, but when they hear it, they move. Or like when you put french fries on the table. People will say, “No, I don’t like french fries.” But

Nihonga (Japanese Water-based Media)

raw pigments pigment being ground with water in a mortar From Wikipedia: Nihonga are typically executed on washi (Japanese paper) or eginu ( silk ), using brushes. The paintings can be either monochrome or polychrome. If monochrome, typically sumi (Chinese ink) made from soot mixed with a glue from fishbone or animal hide is used. If polychrome, the pigments are derived from natural ingredients: minerals , shells, corals , and even semi-precious stones like malachite , azurite and cinnabar . The raw materials are powdered into 16 gradations from fine to sandy grain textures. A hide glue solution, called nikawa , is used as a binder for these powdered pigments. In both cases, water is used; hence nihonga is actually a water-based medium . Gofun (powdered calcium carbonate that is made from cured oyster , clam or scallop shells) is an important material used in nihonga . Different kinds of gofun are utilized as a ground, for under-painting,

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