“Dream - 夢”, H 38 cm x W 29 cm, Japanese calligraphy interior art, kanji
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- 02-06-128-0345
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- Carremoji
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- Art Panel
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For Europe:7,600円(JPY)
For United States:8,500円(JPY)
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Description
Original work by calligrapher Kei Shimizu. From her graceful lines, a scene and a landscape fill the heart of people who look upon the work. The work expresses a dream for the future.
【Profile of Kei Shimizu】
After successive positions as both a standard member and member of the judging panel at the Tokyo Shodo Association, Mainichi Shodo Association, and Japan Commercial Calligraphers Association, etc., she is currently part of Carré MOJI. A current leading, female calligrapher whose work shares with viewers a lyrical, spatial aesthetic that spreads in their hearts the beauty of a landscape or scene. The supreme quality of her work has been acknowledged not only domestically, but also overseas. As a creator who represents calligraphy as interior design, she is also active in mass media. She is the author of “Carré MOJI Collection of Photographs” and “Carré MOJI Concept Book”, both of which are published by Hearst Fujingaho. Many of her works are on display at commercial facilities and luxury hotels like AMAN Tokyo. Past works include series for Fujingaho and Modern Living, and many title lettering and logo creation projects for Japan Post, Fujifilm, Takashimaya, Japan Tobacco, and Shogakukan, etc. She was born in Tokyo.
Frame colour: Silver
Mount colours: White pearl
Materials: Japanese paper, aluminium, acrylic board
Dimensions : H 38 cm x W 29 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Carré MOJI
https://www.carremoji.jp/en/
Elevation of Traditional Calligraphy Culture to Interior Art
With the modernization of the lives of Japanese people, there has been a decline in Japanese-style architecture, and the old-fashioned style of hanging scrolls displayed in “tokonoma” alcoves has faded. The traditional Japanese culture of calligraphy has become less noticeable in our everyday spaces. But it was thought that if modern sensibility and design could be combined with the DNA of traditional calligraphy, it could become interior art that would fit right in to modern spaces. It is on this basis that Carré MOJI was founded in 2002. The name that combines the French “Carré,” meaning “a comfortable courtyard” with the Japanese word “MOJI” (character) expresses the desire to share a “comfortable space with characters” with the world as a new element of Japanese culture.
Using this art for the purpose of both decoration and viewing stimulates the sensibilities of the viewer from both its visual and literal perspectives. The optimal use of blank space also served to expand the landscapes and scenery that emanates from the works. More than 10 calligraphers from Japan and overseas realized this vision of Carré MOJI. Each is a one-of-a-kind original, framed perfectly to match the characters and the places it will be hung. With many requests for order-made works from luxury hotels, inns, and restaurants, etc. many have commented on how their “spaces have been brought to life with this art.”
There are many variations of Carré MOJI works, to fit various different spaces. But at the centerpiece is the Kanji characters. Many Kanji characters are made up of hieroglyphs, and the sceneries that extend from a single character can be enjoyed like a picture. English language works are also popular for their stylish expression of beautiful calligraphy-quality lines and curves. Carré MOJI’s unique “Mojific” and “Sumific” styles are further abstractions of this form or expression. “Mojific” refers to works of graphic expression based around characters (“moji”), while “Sumific” refers to the free-flying relationship between the calligraphy lines and the ink (“sumi”). Unlike the other works, the Sumi-e black ink works are also distinctive, with a consciousness of interior design unique to Carré MOJI. There are currently new products under development such as the “Tokyo Series” of calligraphy about Tokyo, framed with traditional Tokyo crafts, and hanging scrolls for overseas consumers. These attempts by Carré MOJI to bring the depth of calligraphy to interior art will continue to spread into the future.
