Menu
The New Contemporary Art Magazine

Keisuke Tanaka’s Forest and Mountain Sculptures

Japanese artist Keisuke Tanaka carves forests and mountains by hand out of very large pieces of wood. These large scale pieces are beautifully detailed and full of tiny elements that are hand painted with care. Some fill entire rooms and in turn create a feeling that one is floating above the forested landscape of Tanaka's imagination. The fact that these carvings are done from wooden materials adds another layer of irony, that of beauty and destruction, to the already present theme of life's beginnings and endings evident in the work. Read more after the jump!

Japanese artist Keisuke Tanaka carves forests and mountains by hand out of very large pieces of wood. These large scale pieces are beautifully detailed and full of tiny elements that are hand painted with care. Some fill entire rooms and in turn create a feeling that one is floating above the forested landscape of Tanaka’s imagination. The fact that these carvings are done from wooden materials adds another layer of irony, that of beauty and destruction, to the already present theme of life’s beginnings and endings evident in the work.







Meta
Topics
Share
Facebook
Reddit
Pinterest
Email
Related Articles
We live in strange times and artists Michael Kerbow and Mike Davis both have something in common: they use surrealism and time travel to address modern and existential issues. Click above to read the Hi-Fructose exclusive interviews with painters Mike Davis and Michael Kerbow about their respective solo showings.
Artist and animation director Joe Vaux paints what he likes. His personal work is teeming with impish demons. His cheerful hellscapes are populated with lost souls, sharp toothed monstrosities, and swarms of wrong-doers. And yet, there’s an innocence to all of this. Click to read the Hi-Fructose exclusive interview with Joe Vaux.
Vibrant and bold, Oscar Joyo’s latest body of work which was exhibited at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, vibrates the retina; while delving into his childhood memories childhood in Malawi and themes of Afrofuturism.
Something interesting happens when when artists like Alan and Carolynda Macdonald, who have the painting fundamentals mastered, decide to subvert expectations and perplex a viewers expectations conceptually. Click to read the Hi-Fructose exclusive interview.

Subscribe to the Hi-Fructose Mailing List