Technicolor Compositions of a Japanese Artist Bring Together Eastern and Western Arts

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Contemporary artist Tomokazu Matsuyama was born in Hida-Takayama, Japan and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. His works bring together aspects of both Eastern and Western aesthetic systems, as to reflect his own bi-cultural experience of growing up between Japan and America.

“By raising questions of national and individual identity through the formal qualities and subject matter of his paintings, Matsuyama examines the “natural chaos” of our social environments and challenges viewers to confront their own conceptions of cultural homogeneity,” his website reads.

Matsuyama is influenced by many subjects, such as “Japanese art from the Edo and Meiji eras, classical Greek and Roman statuary, French Renaissance painting, post-war contemporary art, and the visual language of global, popular culture as embodied by mass-produced commodities.” Check out his latest creations below.

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#TGIF 🥘 🍺

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Why I do what I do now 📀 🎨

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Coffee break #fridayvibes

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Pimpin’ my ride with #duchamp and #Picasso

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#friyay greetings 🇺🇸

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" So Young Its Yours " 2017, a painting which will be exhibited at ”Same Same Different”, Solo exhibition in Lumine 0 in NEWoMan in Shinjuku Station. Starting Apr 29th. The exhibition will also include a panel talk with a celebrated figure and a model Satoko Koizumi @satokokoizum1 , please come join us for the talk 個展情報 松山智一個展 「Same Same, Different」 会期:2018 年4 月29 日(日)〜 5 月6 日(日) トークのご案内 (第三弾) 展覧会初日である4月29日(日)17:00〜18:00 モデル小泉里子さんをお迎えしてスペシャルトークイベントを行う予定です。 数年来の交友がある里子さんと、東京とNYの生活、アート、仕事、ライフスタイルなど話す予定です。 トークイベントご参加希望の方は[email protected] にて事前に要予約、定員に達し次第終了します。 (希望日・お名前・人数をメール本文に直接ご入力ください。) 松山智一個展 「Same Same, Different」 会期:2018 年4 月29 日(日)〜 5 月6 日(日) オープニングレセプション 4月29日 19:15-21:00 時間:11:00〜19:00 ※初日29日(日)のみ、11:00〜15:00 会場:ルミネゼロ(〒151-0051 東京都渋谷区千駄ヶ谷五丁目24-55 NEWoMan 新宿5F) 主催 株式会社ルミネ 協力:TOMOKAZU MATSUYAMA STUDIO / HPF Christopher Inc. / hpgrp GALLERY 協賛:THE BROOKLYN BREWERY JAPAN、TS inc. アートディレクション:戸塚憲太郎 公式URL:http://www.lumine.ne.jp/art2018/#

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