Available - Peter MacMillan
Peter MacMillan is a print artist, poet, translator and academic. His Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji fine art prints take their starting point from Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, a series of color woodblock prints that depict Mount Fuji from thirty-six different perspectives. The prints draw upon Hokusai’s motifs and those of other Western and Japanese artists and juxtapose an idealized historical view of Mount Fuji and Japanese culture with the actual reality of contemporary society. The images constitute a social critique while simultaneously posing a series of questions related to sustainability in our society.
By comparing the often humorous and witty disparities between the original and the recomposed images, Seisai (MacMillan’s artistic name) invites viewers to examine the differences between traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. Edo-period Japan was actually a formidable consumer society, but it was also based on an impressive model of sustainability. By contrast, contemporary consumer society cares too little for sustainability, and its reckless use of the earth’s resources has been destroying our environment. The images are not just about Japan but rather the world in general.
Read More2 / 2
Peter MacMillan - Before the Great Wave / 神奈川沖浪表
Image - 42cm x 26cm; with frame 78cm x 58cm
mixed media | edition 108
As Arctic ice melts. water levels throughout the world rise up ... “When the great wave of Hokusai strikes up to the sky, avalanches into the sea, Fuji may suddenly disappear.” Kitahara Hakushu
神奈川沖浪表 北極の氷原が融け、世界の海水面が上昇しています……。 北斎の天をうつ波なだれ落ち たちまち不二は消えてけるかも (北原白秋『雲母集』
Peter MacMillanJapanese Pop ArtJapanese Contemporary PrintsPeter MacMillian translatorPeter MacMillan artistPeter MacMillan JapanContemporary Art PortlandPeter MacMillan Poet
Email info@toriizakaart.com
+1 (541) 595-8285
222 West Hood Avenue Sisters. Oregon 97759