Yamanashi
Art
2021.05.03
Minobu san Kuonji, the head temple of the Nichiren sect, sits on Mt. Minobu, one of the three major mountains of Japanese Buddhism along with Mt. Koya and Mt. Hiei. On April 17th, a dedication live painting by contemporary artist Miwa Komatsu was held.
In this year, which marks the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Nichiren saint, more than 30 monks praying for the good health and happiness of the people in the Corona sword were read and prayed for more than an hour. This majestic live paint attracts more than 20,000 people by LIVE distribution.
This work, which contains Komatsu’s feelings, will be exhibited in the hall of Kuonji Treasure Hall in the future.
[Message from Miwa Komatsu]
“For live painting at Kuonji Temple in Minobu, one of the three major Buddhist mountains, I chose three circular canvases.
Gold and silver foils are applied to the base of the canvas to express how it starts at night and connects with morning and noon. And the shape of the circle is the edge that Minobu has spun in the long history, and it is now and represents the future.
Moist air on the day of live painting, signs of rain.Correspondingly, the canvases on both sides have dragon veins that dance with increasing power while drawing a double helix.In addition, the dragon living in the pond appeared to protect the surrounding area so as to bring blessings to the chanting songs that echoed in the precincts of Kuonji Temple.
The lotus flowers bloomed and pushed the spirituality of all the praying hearts that led to the realm of God.
【Miwa Komatsu Profile】
Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1984. She started making copperplate prints while she was a student at Joshibi Junior College of Fine Arts.
Her 20-year-old work, Forty-nine Days, paves the way for professionalism, praised for her outstanding craftsmanship and style. She started with copperplate prints and in recent years has expanded her production area to acrylic paintings, Arita porcelain, etc. She presented her work on the theme of the beast with her powerful expressive power that was excellent in performance. In 2015, she exhibited Arita porcelain guardian dog works at the Chelsea Flower Show (London), and her award-winning works were stored in the British Museum.
After that, her work was stored at the World Trade Center, and her solo exhibitions in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan in 2017 and 2018 set new records in terms of both audience mobilization and sales.
In 2019, she held solo exhibitions at the Ichinomiya City Migishi Setsuko Memorial Museum and the Tomioka City Museum of Art. VR in collaboration with her HTC VIVE ORIGINALS Her work “INORI ~ Prayer ~” was nominated for the 76th “Venice International Film Festival” VR category, “Raindance Film Festival” in the United Kingdom.
In 2020, she designed a charity T-shirt for the Japanese TV series “24-hour TV Love Saves the Earth”, and the charity live painting work performed on the program was sold at a high price of 20.54 million yen.
She has shocked the Japanese art world, her international reputation is high, and her presence is increasing in many fields.
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