Archive Hatje Cantz Verlag | Leiko Ikemura

The Japanese-Born Artist Leiko Ikemura Has Been Living In Europe For Almost Thirty Years. Her Artistic Activities Are Characterized By An Exploration Of These Two Cultures, Featuring Paintings, Drawings And Sculptures That Always Deal With Questions Central To Human Existence: If Ikemura Still Concentrated On Probing Allegorical Picture Narratives In The Eighties, Around 1990 Her Interest Shifted To Cosmological Problems Manifesting Themselves In Transcendence And Religious Aspects. Since Then, Her Works Have Predominantly Been Living From Colour With Very Little Narrative, Depicting Atmospherical Situations Of Bodies In Space. For This Book, The Artist Created Numerous New Works, Paintings, Watercolours And Sculptures Whose Central Theme Is The Depiction Of Space Extending Beyond The Material And The Measurable, A Contemplative Space Of Spirituality And Sensuality. The Various Media Of Expression Compliment Each Other To Create A Strong Spatial Effect For The Viewer. He Or She Is Drawn Into An Event Which Can No Longer Be Assigned To One Particular Form Of Culture. The Artist: Leiko Ikemura, Born 1951 At Tsu/Mie, Japan. She Studied At Osaka State University And Came To Europe In 1972, First Living In Spain And Then In Zurich. In 1983, She Became “Stadtzeichner” (Artist In Residence) At Nuremberg, Finally Settling In Cologne. Since 1991, She Has Been A Professor At The Hochschule Der Künste In Berlin. Exhibition Schedule: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz March 8, 2002 – May 12, 2002