Autumn Breeze
Uematsu Chikuyū is a perfectionist who limits his production to one piece a year. He lives in seclusion, devoting his full attention to his bamboo works, and has experimented with wall sculptures as well as with contemporary reinterpretations of traditional bamboo craft. Autumn Breeze is inspired by a type of sencha tray in the form of a large banana leaf made by famed bamboo craftsmen such as Iizuka Rōkansai and Maeda Chikubōsai I. Uematsu’s large, standing pinwheel shape consists of six meticulously executed leaves seemingly in motion.
Artwork Details
- 植松竹邑造 「涼風立つ」
- Title: Autumn Breeze
- Artist: Uematsu Chikuyū (Japanese, born 1947)
- Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
- Date: 2014
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Dwarf bamboo, timber bamboo, and rattan
- Dimensions: H. 14 × Diam. 30 in. (35.6 × 76.2 cm)
- Classification: Bamboo
- Credit Line: Gift of Diane Abbey, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.425.43
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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