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Daylight Away thumbnail by artist Tomokazu Matsuyama

Daylight Away

€4,500

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Daylight Away by artist Tomokazu Matsuyama with white framing

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  • artist in paint-splattered denim shirt, leaning on a table on which a row of colourful prints are laid
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  • artist behind table inspecting finished screenprint in the shape of two intersecting circles
  • annotated print out of an artwork, detailing where gold leaf highlights should be applied
  • two hands applying gold leaf to the surface of a screenprint
  • artist holding up finished, circular-shaped abstract screenprint
An image of the artist, stood in his studio.
Tomokazu Matsuyama15 collaborationsTomokazu Matsuyama, also known as Matzu, creates energetic pop-inspired artworks that muse on cultural identity in the age of the internet. Having grown up between Japan and America, Matzu explores the personal implications of cross-cultural identity for a globalised generation. His bright, acrylic and mixed media paintings move freely between abstraction and representation, and merge Eastern and Western art histories – from Pop Art, graffiti and Manga to the Edo and Meiji eras, French Renaissance painting and classical Greek and Roman sculpture. Matzu’s canvases are rarely rectangular. Instead, they take on irregular shapes that often suggest the outline of an ancient Japanese scroll. Matzu, like his Japanese colleague Takashi Murakami, also works with multiple artisans to create his works with exceptional levels of technique reminiscent of traditional Japanese painting. Combining domestic motifs like books, plants and furniture with the expressionless faces of his figures, he blends the familiar and the strange in a representation of his own personal identity between two different homes.

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  • very happy with everything, the piece is better than I expected. Taking it to the framer next week :) thanks!

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  • A wonderful experience from start to finish.

  • I absolutely love the textured details. The picture literally pops off the canvas and the floating frame encompasses those details perfectly. Amazing job by Jake Fried and the Avant Arte team! I'm excited for my next purchase.

  • The print is beautifully made, and I love it.

  • Super stoked... exceeded expectations. Great framing and packaging and love the extra details in the authenticity card, bag, stickers.

  • i have now purchased several pieces of art from you and every step, from email notifications to packaging and framed art itself is flawless!!!! Look forward to more!!

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