“COSMOGARDEN” by AKI KURODA

Japanese artist Aki Kuroda is well known for his silhouettes and figures painted with line strokes, which have been considered like a symbol of “passage” to the labyrinth. Since 1992, he has continued to produce a fluxional interactive art installation called “COSMOGARDEN,” which combines drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, performances and architecture. He brings together art and science, where the evocation of traditional Japanese culture is confronted with a contemporary conception of the world.

Aki Kuroda incorporated different periods and evocations of his pictorial universe on a blank horse canvas. For Aki Kuroda, it is important to leave a part of the imagination to the spectator.

AKI KURODA – BIOGRAPHY

Born in Kyoto in 1944, Aki Kuroda began painting at the age of 3. He settled permanently in France in 1970 and had numerous exhibitions in France, Japan, Brazil, and the United States. He participated in the Paris and São Paulo Biennale. He produced murals for the Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, the Maison de la Culture du Japon in Paris, the Café at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Strasbourg and for the City of Paris in 2000.

In 2008, he designed the decoration of the entrance building of the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. He collaborates with choreographer Angelin Preljocaj for the Paris Opera and works with architects such as Tadao Ando and Richard Rogers to produce relief paintings in Japan. 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Dimmensions of the horse -  Length: 2,00 m    Width: 0,80 m    Height: 2,00 m 

Made of resin, painted with acrylic paint by the artists and finished with multiple layers of car paint varnish. Waetherproof and UV proof.

Weight: 60 Kg

Dimmensions of the base - Length: 2,50 m    Width: 1,20 m    Height: 0,16 m

Understructure in pine wood 46/145, class 4, covered with 15 mm non-slip plywood panels. Invisible mounting.

The manufacturer of the base is committed to a process of reducing waste, developing a more local economy, and putting reusable materials back on the market. They work with green-tech website ARTICONNEX.COM