Yuko Murata

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Nature, with in all its various characteristics and planes ofand expressiveness, along with a limited variety of colour tones fluctuations, are the main attributes of Yuko Murata's work. Each individual painting she produces, makes a skilful use of her command of shade and light. She allows the canvas to naturally flow towards its subject matter, while maintaining a necessary balance with its elementary constituents.

Long Way

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EUR 1,200

This juxtaposition gives Murata's works, an air of wistful mournfulness which is subtly perceptible in all her productions. She is well versed in both Western and Japanese artistic traditions and techniques, and uses her cultural heritage as a starting point, to mine for inspiration through modern media. Magazines, catalogues, booklets, advertising provide an endless background of material for her to explore and use in her paintings. Murata was born in Japan in 1972 and studied art in Tokyo. Although her stylistic approach to painting is schooled in the Western tradition, she is also deeply influenced by the 19th century classical Japanese tradition. Painters of that era were subjected to strict execution guidelines, making use of minimal resources regarding colours and conventional su Read More

Japan / female artist / Contemporary Art / New Figuration

ARTWORKS BY Yuko Murata

Yuko Murata

Untitled , 2012

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

EUR 1,000

Yuko Murata

Long Way , 2012

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

EUR 1,200

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A collective term that refers to rejuvenation of figurative art in America and Europe in the year 1960 following an abstraction-dominated period. Michel Ragon, a French art critic argued that revival of figuration took place during a critical period of social and political turbulence in America and Europe.

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