Yoshio Nakajima
Painting, Art print
1940 Born in Saitama, Japan
Yoshio Nakajima is a Japanese artist who came to Sweden in 1966 and began studying at the Valand Art Academy, University of Göteborg. Since then, he has been faithful to Sweden. Nowadays, he has his studio at Raus Stoneware Factory in Sweden.
"Yellow Happiness"
Statement
Winter in the northern regions is long, dark, and harsh.
Even the wildflowers blooming in the forests and woods endure the winter cold, freezing even to the underground, to welcome spring.
Humans and nature, both waiting and yearning for the sun.
Their brave appearance captured my heart.
The joy of the Nordic land escaping the dominance of winter and awaiting spring and the sun is
completely different from that of people in countries where the sun is always shining.
June arrives, and the midnight sun begins.
People's faces brighten, and adults, like children, rush outside.
The remaining snow sparkles.
The sun bestows love upon nature and humanity.
The midnight sun. It is surely a time when the flame of life burns brightly.
I, too, encounter the sun I seek and the sun of nature.
Yoshio Nakajima
(From "The Son of the Sun: Yoshio Nakajima")
Website: https://www.yoshionakajima.net/
Profile
Excerpt from his website. Read the full text here.
Yoshio Nakajima was born in 1940 in the village of Kawamoto, Fukaya-city, Saitama prefecture, Japan. He is a Japanese visual and performance artist.
Yoshio Nakajima began early to study art in Tokyo. In the 1950s, he was a pupil of Dada Kahn, a radical performance artist from Tokyo. Subsequently, he was involved in a variety of exhibitions in Amsterdam, Paris, London, Antwerp and Moscow. In Amsterdam, he came in contact with the Provo movement and worked together with them.
He is currently represented in over 40 art museums and more than 60 official collections around the world. He has organized more than 500 performances, including with Yoko Ono, John Cage, and Robert Rauschenberg.
In addition to all the happenings, events and performances, he has also created a large amount of graphics, paintings and objects. In 2004, Yoshio Nakajima took over Raus Stoneware Factory outside Helsingborg in Sweden, where he currently lives and works.
"Easter"
"Green Summer"
"Midsummer Talk"
"Landscape from the sea Edited 1"
"Yoshio Sleeping man in the forest"
The works shown are for reference only and may differ from the works for the exhibition.
