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Unnatural Perspectives by Morimura Ray

March 26, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 5 Comments

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Born in Tokyo in 1948, painter Morimura Ray graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University and began his career as a painter using abstract, geometric forms, later turning to woodblock printmaking.

According to his profile description in Wikipedia France, his early career as a non-figurative artist has a deep influence on his successive work, since the forms of trees, agricultural fields, houses and other elements are still created through an optimal disposition of triangles, squares and other geometric elements.

His drawings are based on “unnatural”, “flat” perspectives: often depicted from an high vantage point, they never aim to distinguish the figure from the background. Realism is not an issue, textures and hues are given great importance, and every element appears to have the same weight in the composition.

 

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All images © Morimura Ray

From the “Way Combined Collection” on Flickr

Via: Miss Moss

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Comments

  1. fosco lucarelli says

    March 30, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    Hello,
    thanks for your message, but we don’t look for external writers.
    Take care,
    fosco

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