This work is the largest
work Makoto has ever created. It hangs in the atrium of the Oxford House
building (the headquarters for CNN Asia, Time-Warner) located in Taikoo
Place, HK. >> read
the review in Island East's ARTWALK
Swire
Properties press release writes:
"In Golden Pine, Fujimura has created a site-specific work that interacts with
and enhances its immediate physical environment. The painting both echoes
the reflection of the trees from the adjacent plaza in the massive glass
wall at the base of the building and seems to produce a golden light
of its own to respond to the late afternoon sun that illuminates it.
In its aesthetic and material
nature, Golden Pine also symbolizes the
interaction of the traditions of the East and the West. The artist
is a first generation Japanese-American, born in the United States, and
has deep artistic roots in the West, with a particular affinity for
the more metaphysical aspects of Abstract Expressionism and Color Field
painting. Fujimura has studied both in the U.S. and Japan, and this
painting technique has traveled from China to Japan, through him to
the States and now back to China in a thirteen century long circuit.
As a unique crossroads of cultures, Oxford House, which is home to many
multinational companies, is an ideal venue for the master artpiece." |
