Pine trees are reverenced as a symbol of rebirth since ancient times in Japan for being ever green.
Kojima painted trunks and green leaves stereoscopically with bold and massive strokes, which remind us of Jomon earthenware.
He depicted the four seasons by simplifying what he saw as if he was composing haiku, traditional Japanese short poems.
June 5 – July 18 , 2021
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Gallery Kojima
1-5-16, Izumicho, Kokubunji, Tokyo 185-0024
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“The Hill Over Yonder” 1930-32 53.0 x 45.5cm
Looking up at the atelier in Yoyogi. The influences of Sutin or Gyokudo Urakami can be found.
“Nude with Tree” 1932 97.1 x 162.1 cm
Great and giant Japanese nude, painted when he was 39 yeard old.
“Fields in Late Spring” 1936 18.8 x 23.9cm
Paddy fields in Kokubunji, his favorite motif to work on.
“Pine Trees” 1936 23.6 x 53.0cm
Reminds us of oval plates of Kenzan Ogata (potter, painter 1663–1743).
“Winter Field” c.1936 45.5 x 53.0cm
The blue strokes streams on the sky like cold tongue and the woods are sensible of winter coming.
“Rainy Garden” 1938 45.5 x 53.0cm
Pellet drum of maple trees.
“Rustling Pines” 1938 60.4 x 45.4cm
Threatening sky holding heavy raindrops.
“Clear Fall Day” 1939 45.5 x 53.0cm
Applying golden section ratio.
“Spring Fields” 1940 45.3 x 53.0cm
Cherry blossoms or “Dream girls” ?
“Lake Ashi” c.1940 44.0 x 52.0cm
Night “ink” flows out from mt.Fuji.
“Autumn Day” c.1941 45.5 x 53.0cm
Pine branches are almost weeping.
“Nishiizu Landscape” c.1943 80.6 x 100.0cm
A fishing port and a cliff behind.
“Nagasaki” c.1933 45.5 x 53.0cm
“Beside the Pond (Dazaifu)” 1945 45.5 x 52.5cm
Camphor tree is doing “rock paper scissors” with another him on the pond.
“Kokubunji” 1942-45 15.7 x 23.0cm
The only piece looking up at his atelier from the paddy field in Kokubunji.
“Kokubunji” [Unfinished] c.1948 50.0 x 60.0cm
Unfinished masterpiece.
“Kokubunji” 1948 50.0 x 60.6cm
Way to the station.
“Kokubunji (Forest) ” [Unfinished] c.1948 50.2 x 60.6cm
Look for the secret path through the forest.
“Early Summer Fields” 1950 22.8 x 53.1cm
“Kokubunji” 1950 21.5 x 26.9cm
Trees, look like “Besoms”.
“Nishiizu” 1950 45.5 x 53.0cm
Early morning in Arari, view from a boat.
“Pastoral Scene” c.1950 22.4 x 24.2cm
“Early Summer” 1951 46.1 x 65.3cm
Floating on the sky are clouds of cocoon.
“Japanese Alps” 1951 45.5 x 53.0cm
“Pine Trees” 1936 45.5 x 53.0
Pine needles are dancing.
“Spring Green at Lake Haruna” 1939 45.5 x 51.ocm
Mountains of “へ” and the lake Haruna.
“The Voice of Cicadas” 1943 45.2 x 52.6cm
View from the atelier’s garden.