作品
年代 : 令和3年
サイズ : 24.2 × 18.5 cm(シートサイズ)
限定 : 100
技法 : 木版画
詳細 : シート価格 / UKIYO-E PROJECT版 / 元タトウ・鑑定証付
額装 : ご相談下さい
プロフィール
1986年 ポーランド生まれ、東京在住
神戸芸術工科大学で漫画やアニメーションを研究し、卒業後、 2013年にアニメーションスタジオ「コミックス・ウェーブ・フィルム」へ入社。『花とアリス殺人事件』『君の名は。』など数多くの背景美術を担当。
2017年に独立。Webアニメーション『すすめ、カロリーナ』で監督、脚本、背景担当するなど、幅広い分野で活躍中。著書に『東京店構え マテウシュ・ウルバノヴィチ作品集』(エムディエヌコーポレーション)、『東京夜行 マテウシュ・ウルバノヴィチ作品集Ⅱ』(前出)がある。
https://mateuszurbanowicz.com/
版元コメント
『時鐘江戸俤』の制作は、版元のディレクションのもと、絵師のマテウシュ・ウルバノヴィチ氏が浮世絵の版下絵(原画)を描きおこすことから始まります。できあがった版下絵は彫師:三代目関岡扇令氏へと引き継がれ、約2ヶ月かけて版木を彫る作業がすすめられました。彫師から摺師:伊藤達也氏へと版木が渡ると、いよいよ和紙のうえに川越の風景が再現され、薄い色から濃い色へと、少しずつ、丁寧に色が摺り重ねられます。使用した和紙は、福井県の手漉き和紙、越前生漉奉書。版木の上で何度も色を摺り重ねてもやぶれない、強さとしなやかさを兼ね備えています。
川越市のシンボル「時の鐘」。特に東から西へと望むアングルは「時の鐘」がより美しく見え、川越市に住む人々が愛着をもっている風景です。何人もの職人の手によって、それを名所絵と完成させました。
ディレクターコメント
浮世絵の「浮世」は「今」「現代」という意味があり、各時代に人気のあった美人や歌舞伎役者、観光スポット等が描かれてきた。
UKIYO-E PROJECTは、その浮世絵のスタンスを現代にいかしたいという考えのもと、2014年三井悠加により発足された現代の版元であり、現代のスターや風景を伝統木版画で表現している。
浮世絵職人の新たな需要を創出し、技術を後世に伝承していく新たな展開は、世界中で高く評価され、大英博物館やオーストリア応用美術博物館、マイアミ大学図書館などに所蔵されている。
Information
Title: Noon, Vestiges of Edo at Bell Tower
Artist: URBANOWICZ Mateusz
Date: 2021
Size: 24.2 × 18.5 cm (Sheet size)
Edition: 100
Technique: Woodblock print
Detail: Price not including the framing cost / UKIYO-E PROJECT edition / Includes original folder and certificate of authenticity
Frame: Please Ask
Profile
1986 Born, raised in Silesia, Poland
After completing a Computer Graphics course at the Polish Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Mateusz Urbanowicz moved to Kobe (Japan), with a Japanese government scholarship, to study animation and comics. He graduated with honors from Kobe Design University with a short animated movie called Right Places.
From 2013, Urbanowicz worked as a full-time background artist in the Comix Wave Films animation studio in Tokyo, taking part in the making of TV commercials, animated TV series (such as Space Dandy) and feature-length animated movies (Your Name).
He moved to a freelance artist career to focus on his original projects in 2017 and started working on the Tokyo Storefronts watercolor illustration album published in April 2018. He continues to make his own art (comics, illustrations, paintings, animations), and online content including YouTube videos, as well as taking part in bigger projects and doing commission work from time to time.
https://mateuszurbanowicz.com/
Publisher's Comment
Especially beautiful when viewed from East to West, the Bell Tower is a symbol of Kawagoe, loved by the city’s locals. The new works were made through a collaborative process between several artists, as per tradition that has remained unchanged since the Edo period.
The creation of Vestiges of Edo at Bell Tower begins with artist Mateusz Urbanowicz, who illustrates the landscape of Kawagoe based on the publisher’s artistic direction. The final illustration draft is passed onto woodcarver Senrei Sekioka III, who takes approximately 2 months to carve the woodblocks based on the illustration over 2 months. The carved woodblocks are then handed over to printer Tatsuya Ito, who finally renders the illustration into woodblock prints. The colours are printed from woodblock to paper in order from light to dark, and the landscape gradually takes shape. The washi used is Echizen Kisuki Bousho, a type of premium paper handcrafted in Fukui prefecture. Traditionally used for ukiyo-e since the Edo period, it is both strong and supple to withstand the multiple layers of colours rubbed into each sheet of paper when printing ukiyo-e.
Gallery Commentary
The term 'Ukiyo' in Ukiyo-e means 'the present' or 'modern times,' and Ukiyo-e artworks historically depicted popular beauties, kabuki actors, and tourist spots from their respective eras.
The UKIYO-E PROJECT, established in 2014 by Mitsui Yuka, is a contemporary print publisher that seeks to bring the spirit of Ukiyo-e into the modern age, capturing contemporary stars and landscapes through traditional woodblock printing techniques.
This new endeavor, which creates fresh demand for Ukiyo-e artisans and ensures the transmission of their techniques to future generations, has been highly acclaimed worldwide. The works are held in collections such as the British Museum, the Museum of Applied Arts in Austria, and the University of Miami Libraries.
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SKU: UP013-29
¥55,000価格
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