Gajumaru Spirits of the Supernatural |
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| Illustrator:
| Sakujo, Taeko |
| Artist:
| Sakujo, Taeko |
| Drawings by:
| Sakujo, Taeko |
| Foreword by:
| Sakujo, Taeko
O'Donnell, John |
| Editor:
| O'Donnell, John |
| Commentaries by:
| O'Donnell, John
Murayama, Isao |
| Curated by:
| O'Donnell, John |
| Editor-In-Chief:
| O'Donnell, John |
| Executive Producer:
| O'Donnell, John |
| Produced by:
| O'Donnell, John |
| Prepared for Publication by:
| O'Donnell, John |
| Concept by:
| Murayama, Isao |
| Consultant Editor:
| Murayama, Isao |
| Introduction by:
| Murayama, Isao |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7321184-6-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2020 |
| Publisher: | Atelier VGI
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Renowned Japanese oil painter Taeko Sakujo creates art with an almost supernatural energy and spirit, heavily influenced by the "gajumaru" (banyan tree) of her birthplace on Tokunoshima, a small island between Okinawa and Kagoshima. As the artist notes, "When I draw, I don't make a preliminary sketch. For about a week, and sometimes up to a half year, I will become totally focused and concentrated on the painting, adding and changing, until I give shape to what I am feeling. I...
More DescriptionRenowned Japanese oil painter Taeko Sakujo creates art with an almost supernatural energy and spirit, heavily influenced by the "gajumaru" (banyan tree) of her birthplace on Tokunoshima, a small island between Okinawa and Kagoshima. As the artist notes, "When I draw, I don't make a preliminary sketch. For about a week, and sometimes up to a half year, I will become totally focused and concentrated on the painting, adding and changing, until I give shape to what I am feeling. I become submerged into the world of the painting when I draw a huge Gajumaru even taller than myself. After finishing, I am often shocked by the colors and shapes of the Gajumaru I have just created. I will see an unexpected and unforeseen world spreading throughout the formerly blank white canvas in front of which I previously stood. I experience something great, which physically moves my body to paint the Gajumaru.I have exhibited my Gajumaru both in Japan and internationally. I have witnessed people breaking into tears when they view my paintings. It is neither a sense of sadness, nor fear, nor anger. Rather, it is an upswelling of the essential feeling, "I am alive, here and now!" which brings out the tears. I have often heard that wishes made in front of my paintings have become true for the viewer."This book is the first publication of Taeko Sakujo's work for the international audience, including the masterpieces which have brought her fame in her native country. At times mysterious, at times foreboding and other-worldly, these unique depictions of the gajumaru of her youth reverberate through one's consciousness and compel further attention and inquiry. An invisible emotion permeates and transcends each work of art herein - the true "Spirits of the Supernatural."