Fulfillment, Shinoda Tōkō

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Shinoda Tōkō, Fulfillment
Shinoda Tōkō, Fulfillment
Shinoda Tōkō
Fulfillment
2005
Shinoda Tōkō, artist
1913–2021
Fulfillment, 2005
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color lithograph
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 585 x 798 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 23 1/16 x 31 7/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 721 x 1008 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 28 3/8 x 39 11/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 44 in
Credit line: Gift of Ted and Sumie Childers
Accession number: 2012.0067
Not on display
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Influenced by her father's love of sumi ink painting, calligraphy, and Chinese poetry, Shinoda practiced calligraphy from the age of six. Shinoda traveled the United States from 1956 to 1958. There she came into contact with the abstract expressionist works of Jackson Pollock, which inspired her shift from traditional calligraphy. Shinoda's marks are meant to suggest images and the vitality of nature. She says, "Certain forms float up in my mind's eye. Aromas, a blowing breeze, a rain-drenched gust of wind…the air in motion, my heart in motion. I try to capture these vague, evanescent images of the instant and put them into vivid form." Shinoda continues to make art in Japan. She has remained unmarried and considers herself married to her work.

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Centenarians
2018