As part of the One Artist / One Work project carried out by our students with the applied research centers in contemporary art, IESA arts&culture exhibits once a month throughout the year the work of an artist representing one of these five centers. This month, the Asia Department is in the spotlight with guest artist Akira Inumaru.
Akira Inumaru is a Japanese artist who lives and works in Rouen. He graduated from the Musashino Art University in Tokyo and from the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design du Havre et de Rouen. For nearly 10 years, he has carried out numerous artistic projects between Japan and France. This year, he is exhibited for a month on the premises of IESA arts&culture.
On this occasion, Akira Inumaru gave a lecture in which he presented his work "Burns of the Sun," a creation in which space, shadow, and light highlight humanity’s relationship with its environment.
The artist begins with a return to Antiquity and the origins of painting. To create the "solar distillation" effect, he takes photographs that he then reproduces on canvas-backed paper. From this drawing, he burns certain parts using a magnifying glass and the sun’s rays, then carves out surfaces, creating a strong and powerful emotion in his works.
The artist chose to exhibit at IESA arts&culture a work from his series Kata (a tribute to Yves Klein) which he calls "solar distillations."
"Kata is a Japanese word that designates a form, a way, a manner of attaining power."