Yumiko Chiba Associates is excited to announce a new exhibition of work by calligrapher Hisashi Yamamoto. Yamamoto has carved out a unique space for himself in the world of contemporary calligraphy using a method that involves drawing a figure or symbol (pictogram) showing a particular subject, and writing a name for that subject alongside.
In this exhibition of new calligraphy, he presents works portraying everything from imaginary games, to personal (ie difficult to share with others) sensations. This means presenting things that until now did not exist, as "made-up characters," only generated, it could be said, through the format of calligraphy.
Just as kanji characters originated in pictograms, pictograms could be described as primitive symbols combining text and picture into a harmonious whole. In other words, rendering a pictogram could also mean presenting as calligraphy a particular phenomenon before it is established as a symbol and refined as a character. Though Yamamoto's attempt at this exhibition to take things that previously did not exist and turn them into calligraphy, is in theoretical terms similar to his previous work in that it involves naming as-yet unnamed phenomena, and assigning them "made-up characters," here we find he has added some new and intriguing pathways. Don't miss this exhibition of new work by Hisashi Yamamoto that seems to delve deep into the source of calligraphy, and characters.
Press release courtesy Yumiko Chiba Associates.
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