Japanese calligraphy by artist Koshu coming to Georgian town of Sighnaghi
The Japanese-born artist working on calligraphy art during the 2018 Tbilisi exhibition ‘Tokugawa and the Masters’. Photo: Georgian National Museum.
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The unique art of Japanese calligraphy will join the picturesque surroundings of Georgia’s winemaking Kakheti province this week, as artist Koshu hosts a personal display inspired by her visit of the local town of Sighnaghi.
At the Sighnaghi Museum the creative will bring works bringing together ideas from contrasting realms of different eras and cultures.
The selected artwork will illustrate practices of the artist that embody “the fusion of the ancient and the modern, the eastern and the western, and the before and the after”, a preview for the display said.
Koshu created the new artwork following her 2018 participation in the display ‘Tokugawa and the Masters’ in Tbilisi:
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The creations were born out of the brushes of Koshu — also known by her name Akemi Lucas — since her 2018 acquaintance with Georgia during series of Georgian National Museum exhibitions titled Tokugawa and the Masters.
[I hope] my love for Georgia poured into my artwork, is reflected and resonates in people’s hearts, rippling out and leaving an echo for the future” — Koshu
Known as a Japanese calligraphy master, the creative is currently based in the United Kingdom, leading workshops and working on commissioned projects beside being featured in displays.
Born in the Japanese town of Mito, she was sent by her mother to a calligraphy school to work on her writing following a loss of sight in her eye due to cancer.
The artwork selected for the new display has been developed with the hope of “resonating with viewers” in Sighnaghi. Photo: Georgian National Museum.
The experience of studying under master Seizan Fujimoto led Koshu to learning varied calligraphic styles in Tokyo, before she also studied English in the UK. The artist then combined her studies back in Japan where she opened a school teaching calligraphy and English language.
Holding her maiden exhibitions at this period, the creative later evolved her ‘Hakufu technique’ of three-dimensional writing and, after moving to the UK for residence, had her international breakthrough with a 2013 display in London.
Beside leading classes and workshops in calligraphy, Koshu has also authored Love and Dream, an art book and presented her works at the Hanami festival in Kent and an anniversary event for the former British Consulate in Japan, among other events.
Echo will be on show at the Sighnaghi Museum, located at 8, Shota Rustaveli Blind-alley in the town, between July 4-11.