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    Robert Beer – Visions of the Divine

    http://www.octobergallery.co.uk/exhibitions/2012vod/index.shtml Lila very much recommends a visit to the brilliant October Gallery and Robert Beer’s talks. Robert Beer Robert Beer has studied and practiced Tibetan Art for the past forty years and is now recognized as one of the foremost scholars in this field. Over the past fifteen years he has been working closely with [...]

    Art of the Orishas – Opening May 3rd

    The spirits of the African diaspora continue to be a living and vibrant part of peoples lives. This show includes a blend traditional and modern interpretations of these spirit, their stories and ceremonies.

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    Heritages surrealistes

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Enchanted Illustrations of Kashima Echo

Apr 6, 2010 Daniel Mirante in Interviews 1 Comment Tags: illustration, Japan, Kashima

Kashima Echo is an illustrator based in Tokyo, Japan, and is a member of the International Fantastic Art Association. Kashima brings through fresh, clear, and simultaniously cute, ugly, beautiful and morbid images through, carrying resonances of the perverse illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, and the victorian fairy artist Arthur Rackham, amongst others. Kashima kindly agreed to participate in an interview about her work. Translation from Japanese by Radha Case

Kashima Echo

By Kashima Echo

Q) How do you begin a drawing?

A) First, I open my heart and my memory bank. I have many themes I would like to draw and I would be happy if I could finish drawing them during my lifetime. Depending on how I feel, the commission or the exhibition theme, I would chose one of the themes and start drawing. I tend to draw simple rough sketches, but not always. I just start drawing on the screen, and I add and subtract as I go along and complete it. My work is based foremost on ideology and philosophy. Even for a regular illustration of a girl, amongst the ambiguities there would be something I can clearly communicate why I chose ‘that’ (theme).

The other important thing is ‘curved lines’. As the world is full of spirals, I feel beauty in spirals and curved lines. The ideal balance and lines. These are important to me. Also, ‘colour’. It’s conspicuous in my gallery exhibition works, however, I personally do not like ‘aggressive colours’. I like calm, vague, cloudy, visually gentle, bright gray screens even for pastels. Even when I use dark colours, I would not use decisive primary lines. Sometimes the themes are peculiar, but it’s not that I want to hurt anyone, if permeated with kindness I can draw with a good feeling. Maybe that’s reflected in the colours.

Q) How do you know when you have caught a spirit in your lines?

A) It may be the fatigue I feel when I’ve completed the drawing. While I’m drawing I’m absorbed, am earnest, so I’m unaware of it. Though, I do always notice that ‘I must find this line the most beautiful’ as I find myself drawing the same line in different pictures as if I’ve traced it.

I myself do not have much attachment to completed drawings. I most enjoy the moment (time) I’m drawing as it absorbs me. Sometimes the completed work is good, other times it’s borderline. Either way, I secretly consider all my drawing to be ‘fragments of me’.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kashima/echo/

kashima@art.email.ne.jp

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Q:「カシマ様はどのようにして作品を描き始めるのでしょうか?」

A:まず、自分の心と記憶のストックを開きます。私には沢山描きたい「テーマ(主題)」があり、それは生きてるうちに描き終えれば幸せだなと思っています。それを、その時の気分や、依頼、展示テーマによって選び、描き始めます。簡単なラフは描きますが、描かない時も多々あります。画面にそのまま描きだし、作り上げながら足したり、引いたりして完成させてます。作品には、まず、思想や哲学ありきです。普通の少女のイラストでも、自分の中で「それ」を何故選んだのか、私は曖昧な中にも、明確に伝える事ができるものがあると思います。そして、もう一つ重要なのは「曲線(ライン)」です。私は世界が螺旋に満ちているように、螺旋や曲線に「美」を感じます。理想のバランスとライン。それが重要に感じています。それと、「色」。画廊展示用に作り上げる作品は顕著に現れていますが、私自身「攻撃的な色彩」が好きではありません。穏やかに、ぼんやりと、雲がかった、視覚的に優しい、パステルでも明るい灰色の画面を好みます。濃い色を使っても、主線をきっぱりと表現する事はありません。テーマが特殊な時もありますが、それは誰かを傷つけたいのでなく、優しさが浸透すれば良い気持ちで描いています。それが色にも反映されてるのかもしれません。

Q:「描いた線によって魂(本質)を捉えた時はいかにしてわかりますか?」

A:総て描き終えた時の疲労感かもしれません。描いてる間は、夢中というか、真剣であるので気づいてはいません。ただ、いつも思う事は「私は一番このラインが美しいと思っているのだろう」と同じラインを別の絵でもトレースしたかのように描いている時があります。

私自身、描き終えた絵に対して、執着はあまりありません。絵を描いてる間(時間)が一番楽しく、私を夢中にさせます。完成したものが良い物である時もあれば、微妙な時もありますが。どちらにせよ、私の描いた絵は総て「私の欠片(断片=フラグメント)」であると、実は思っております。

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  1. Michele (JOBE Art)
    Mar 18, 2012 @ 00:40

    I absolutely love Kashima’s work above all artists! Thank you for this interview!

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