Breath

Honma Kazuaki Japanese

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Honma Kazuaki, based in Niigata Prefecture, was a disciple in the 1950s of the Tokyo-based artist Hayashi Shōgetsusai (1911–1986), who specialized in bent bamboo works. Kazuaki became renowned for his abstract, large-scale compositions in bent bamboo, which he submitted to the Japanese Modern Craft and Art Exhibitions and Nitten beginning in 1965. Breath was made using unsplit stems of smoked dwarf bamboo (hōbichiku), which the artist bent over a gas burner, and thin strips of timber bamboo.

Breath, Honma Kazuaki (Japanese, born 1930), Smoked dwarf bamboo, dyed timber bamboo, and rattan, Japan

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Breath, Honma Kazuaki (Japanese, born 1930), Smoked dwarf bamboo, dyed timber bamboo, and rattan, Japan
Breath, Honma Kazuaki (Japanese, born 1930), Smoked dwarf bamboo, dyed timber bamboo, and rattan, Japan

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