Naoki FUNAKOSHI |
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Naoki Funakoshi was born 1953 in Tokyo. He graduated in 1978 from Tokyo Zokei University. His first solo exhibition was held in 1980 at Gallery Miyuki in Ginza. Thereafter, Funakoshi exhibited at Nabis Gallery, Morioka 1st Gallery, Toki-no-Wasuremono, Gallery Terashita, Gallery Seiho and others. His works were included into the 1998 exhibition “Inside/Outside: 8 Contemporary Japanese Sculptors” at the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, and in the Naoki Funakoshi & Yoko Abe” exhibition in 2000 at Yorozu Tetsugoro Museum in Hanamaki (Iwate). |
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Much of the appeal of Funakoshi’s drawings of amorphous, mountain-like shapes and objects that evoke parts of the human body stems from his peculiar sense of color. His works transmit a sense of simplicity and immediacy that perpetuates also his bronze objects. They may remind stages of the beginnings of life, clusters of grapes, etc., thus spanning a wide range of possible associations. He passed away in 2017. |
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 "April 7, 1997" 1997 Drawing Mat size: 82.0×66.0cm |
 "Bedessa Moon" 2000 Bronze 14.5×9.0×7.5cm SOLD |
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 "December 19, 1996" 1996 Drawing Sheet size: 40.0×32.0cm |
 "TWO PEOPLE LOOKING AT SOMETHING" 2005 Drawing 14.7×22.5cm Signed SOLD |
 "June 16, 1995" 1995 Drawing Sheet size: 38.0×47.0cm SOLD |
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 "Work" 1996 Oil on canvas 53.0×45.0cm SOLD |
 "Ales" 2000 Bronze 13.0×10.0×14.0cm SOLD |
 "SLUUD" 2000 Bronze 12.0×10.0×8.0cm SOLD |
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 "1996.11月9日" 1996 Drawing 17.5×14.0㎝ Signed SOLD |
 "Kelibia" 2000 Bronze 11.0×10.0×9.5cm SOLD |
 "Sloth" 1999 Drawing Mat size: 74.0×59.0cm SOLD |
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 Exhibitions (Japanese only)2006 127th Gallery exhibition: Objects: My Favorite 4 Prints and 20 Objects, Apr 21-May 13, 2006 2003 102nd Gallery exhibition: Naoki FUNAKOSHI Exhibition, Feb 7-Feb 22, 2003 2000 70th Gallery exhibition: O Jun & Naoki FUNAKOSHI Exhibition, Jun 6-Jun 17, 2000 1999 64th Gallery exhibition: Watercolors and Drawings Exhibition, Dec 3-Dec 11, 1999 1997 32nd Gallery exhibition: Drawings Exhibition, Jul 22-Aug 9, 1997
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